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Sardinia - Trip Report ... ~ (from another Rod.) 3-Jun-2009 At 4:51:27 AM rod

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Been a bit quiet: recovery and getting sorted to leave our apartment of the last 11 years.

Cold temps at 1,500m after the last report meant time to work on some outstanding Jura Limestone projects a bit beyond my previous PB's...both are sick and after 2 days work 1 is very close to sent (tomorrow?), the other progressing.

Got into Bramois Quartzite on Sunday with Fabien (who's been Experienced at Araps). Super loud by a river overly fed on the past epic winter season...it was like soloing. I discovered a new area and he fell his way up what throughout the day became his most recent project (seems about 7b/+). I had a good time getting off route, haemorrhaging mentally for at least double the time necessary to get up a few...classic climbing rather than face climbing I guess its the sort of thing needed to prep for Chamionard big walls. Did one great route called Mirage (6b/c?) that was sick, the rest were just desperate 6a climbs with every crucial hold invisible from below, so much for a cruisy climbing recovery day.

Took another rest day and spent a little time on easy lead soloing today: reverted from the death modded Gri to the Reverso and found it a lot less messy, think I'll stick to it. The jumaring was a friggin' nightmare...HAVE to sort myself out on that.

Jean-Noel called tonight to say Verdon's off for next week, too hot. Mt Blanc Massif or 'Bleau, meanwhile I'm going to work on vertical limestone projects...

A shot of Fab falling off his Bramois proj...