Two out of three

Woke up to a perfect day on Monday – cloudy skies, which gradually cleared as I headed out to the boulders of Rocher Fin, and by the time we got there it was warm, dry, and completely deserted.
I started off by wobbling my way up a couple of easy problems on a huge square cut boulder – Le Cube.



A couple more problems on the red circuit, and then I headed over to a roof problem i’ve tried briefly before – ‘Memoire d’Outre Tombe’. It’s always been sopping wet when i’ve come here before, so i’d worked the moves, but never given it a proper go.
I worked through the moves again, and after a while found myself powering through the crux moves every go, but just running short of beans to get through the final slopey top out.
I’ve got it wired now though, so I think next time I go out there it should go down, fingers crossed.

Yesterday, in an effort to mix things up a bit and not beast myself too bad in the first few days, I decided to do some slab work at Rocher aux Sabots. I did the usual few blue problems to warm up, and then pulled on to ‘A l’impossible’, which felt hard, but – after some tips from a friendly Bleausard - definitely not impossible. The sharpness of the crimps meant I had to back off before going through my tips, so after a quick play on Jet Set, and L’Oblique (too sketchy to try properly having only brought one pad out, but it definitely felt easier than last time I tried it) I called it a day.

This morning, I woke up to the familiar sound of rain pattering against the window. I’m trying to take this as a blessing in disguise, as I know i’m going to be rubbish at forcing myself to take rest days when the weather’s good but i’m still aching. And two good climbing days out of my first three days here is pretty good going really!

So, i’m going to take Mr P. for his first visit to Carrefour and Decathlon this afternoon, and the obligatory cafe au lait at the usual place. Hopefully things will dry out for tomorrow and I can actually get something sent... hopefully!