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Europe climbing trip 4-Apr-2014 At 9:47:04 PM martym

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On 4/04/2014 One Day Hero wrote:
>I've heard that Paklenica is ok, not amazing. Mont Serrat and Verdon certainly
>sound fantastic, however, most people I know who've been to Verdon were
>absolutely smashed by the heat and spent more time swimming than climbing.
>I wouldn't go near the sunny crags in the south of France until late in
>the year.
We named our daughter after the mountain in Paklenica. But I only climb early 20s.

Croatia gets quite hot in summer, but we climbed every day without too much complaining, it's not Australia...
The only crag in Europe i found too hot to climb was Finale Ligure.
It rained more than it boiled in Verdon - late July - so any sign of the sun and we climbed till 10pm. It's also a gorge - so one side's sunny while the other is in shade. Same with Paklenica.

I've also not outlined a "tour" ticklist - just responded to someone's earlier point about being able to find climbing partners. For example, I don't think you'd easily find a partner in Frankenjura, much of the dolomites is too spread out(Cinque Torre is across from the cable car - so it's super popular)... There's hardly anywhere in Europe that resembles the Pines.