Ascensões em Central Outer Pyrenees por Jef Van Alsenoy tendo trad-cpr or ascent-date

My final trad 'exam' wrapping up my stay. Very beautiful because 100% trad. Good experience to practice reading the friend size beacause the crack varies a bit in width. Crack climbing is all about ignoring that one foot taking all the load I guess... very happy to have lead the harder pitches!

Pernilla's birthday adventure. First pitch had a feisty traverse, I grabbed the draw after clipping it, having my last multipitch fall in mind. Second pitch was A0 fun, adding a cam proved worrhwile. Pitch 3 was not too hard, pitch 4 was easy. Pitch 5 had 3 bolts for 50m so was pure trad almost. We arrived at dusk. Then we didn't know how to descent by foot so we got lost for 4 hours with a biting wind and being chilled to the bone. Great adventure (y)

Lots and lots of options for creative cam, sling and nut placements. Joyful climb!

Given that we couldn't find almost any bolts, we decided to enter our route via it's neighbour Tierra de Nadie. Pernilla climbed the 4c, I fell pretty deep on the 6a traverse overhang shit part. Burned skin and some bruises for her, whoops. We climbed the 6a, which was hard to find ourselves at the brink of actually entering our route at nightfall, and decided to surrender to the prospects of cold, fatigue, darkness, an A2 roof or a 6b continuation. Fun day though!