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Rod's Euro 2010 - Trip Report 15-Jun-2010 At 12:36:42 AM rod

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got in about 150 metres of climbing yesterday on an unusual sort of gneiss conglomerate, really nice to climb on. all in all it was a nice positive day, tested out the right finger damaged in may which though a bit weak seemed to handle things ok. i'm pretty happy its finally mended, the first night as i cleaned it up i could see the tendons either side of the finger.

been seeing some pretty cool things this trip: spent some time in a distillery during saturday seeing how it all works, they certainly produce some rocket fuel out of the thing, tasted a couple at about 45% and nearly blew my head off.

in general though its been a pretty hit and miss trip so far. weather has been so bad lately: humid, hot and dusty/pollen ridden, mountains are still pretty much a no go zone so everything decent low down is attracting a crowd. have been feeling as weak as a kitten on anything really steep as the continuing spate of colds/allergies take their toll. its been so bad on that front i haven't even been drinking and have dropped 3kg of weight...hopefully that'll help my climbing when i finally turn the corner!