6 days later…

 

 

6 days later…

I have a few extra cuts on my knee

I can now stand up on a slackline for a whole 2 minutes

I’m a pro at “hacky sacking”

I got a bit of a tan

My feet have never hurt so much

I have to get up at 6 in the morning tomorrow

I’ve done 6 practise papers

I’ve got completely pumped and scared

I made a cake

I have new found love for red pepper and nutella

I’ve probably had the best week of my life

 

 

 

 

Day 1 – Venasque

Yey France… yey. Climbing every day, long routes, in the sun = heaven. We did Petite Marie which you should most definitely go out left. Despite the draws being on the right. Later I surprisingly did a 7b… first one in France, “Vole” I think. Only kept going because I didn’t want to have to do the jumpy move ever again to be honest. That evening I tried a 7c+ round the corner… absolutely amazing route, bouldery start and then really nice moves the rest of the way… which was quite far! But just fun.

Day 2 – Buoux

Totally different to Venasque.  But it’s Buoux so it’s obviously amazing.  Best bit, probably the best route of the trip = No Mans Land… I really did try… very hard, mainly because they forgot to put footholds for the whole traverse… not even a bump.

Day 3 – Venasque

Different part – ’twas good too. Tried Desperado and Champagne. Desperado = desperate. Champagne = decent… once you do it the right way, i.e. cross through with your right hand! Attempted to do Champagne to strip it… FAIL – turns out 3 days later = just a tad tired.

 

 

Day 4 – Rest Day

Time to slackline – oh wait, I can’t. Biggest achievement = I can stand up and… and wait for it… I took a step… then funnily enough fell off. On the other hand hacky sack = my thing. I shall be purchasing one as soon as I get home. Best part of the day = supermarket trip = haribo supply replenished = sorted.

Day 5 – Venasque

Only 2 days left. But having had 2 bags of haribo yesterday, nothing could go wrong. The theory proved right… I did the 7c, whoooo – who needs a knee lock when you can just lie down in the break.

Day 6 – Buoux

LAST DAY   We went to the west face of Buoux. Did Voodoo Club to warm up… probably the nicest 6c/7a-ish route I’ve ever done.  We continued to do some lovely routes with numerous cracks. I do love cracks – NOT.  I tried to like them, I even chose to do a route with a crack just to prove they aren’t that bad, they can be fun and deep down I do like them, or alternatively if I try them enough I’ll get better at them and start to like them.

Best week… always is… Absolutely amazing thanks.

Lucy