Ascents in Raco De La Finestra by Justin Case

Very enjoyable off-character climb. Many small tufa-like features on stemmy, balancy, and pumpy terrain. Not the greatest warm up, but it was fun and I'll take it!

Bouldery start on crimps and pockets. After this, the climb is divided by a series of very pumpy sequences on fingery holds followed by not-really-rests. The hardest crux comes over halfway, where it finishes on a good flat hold. I was soooooo gassed when I got here (because I fell on my second attempt and wanted to try from the ground straight away), threw with my left hand, my right came off, but still unbelievably stuck it! A very exciting feeling that made this climb improbable, and that's what we live for, folks. First 7a+ in Europe!

Pretty awesome overhanging dihedral! Starts with a couple of powerful moves off the deck, followed by physical offwidth-feeling stemming with your entire back, followed by technical stemming. Quite varied and enjoyable!