After running home and dumping all our dirty bike clothes, we re packed the van with other bits and pieces and ran off to the Querya’s to Meet up with Matt and Emma. We had a few beers over the evening catching up on each other’s news and making plans for the next day. We decided to go climbing. On waking up in the morning the sky was a threatening colour but we decided to go for it any way. Half way there it started to piss it down. So a change of attack was needed. What best to do if it is raining than to swim down a river. So we all swam down the durance again. I don’t think i will ever get bored of swimming down white water! No pictures i am afraid as water is not kind to cameras.

Next morning we decided to try and have another go at the climb we wanted to do. This time the weather was on our side and we had a beautiful sunny day. So we walked up into the hills to do

It is an 8 pitch mountain route. Lara had decided that she was still tired from racing so decided it was a day by the pool for her and I was to climb with Scott and Matt and Emma climbed together.Above the route can be seen by the red line I have drawn on the picture and the offenders that swore their way up it. The climbing was great with some great moves up this huge slab.Me on the 2nd pitch before crossing the snow, the snow was rather hard and we had to use “tiger claw” as demonstrated below to safe guard ourselves
The next 2 pitches got a little more interesting with the crux of the climb being an overhangMatt at the top of pitch 5 happy that he conquered the crux, We then were on a grassy ledge were we sat and had lunch an admired the view. From here the climbing was easy again and was just lovely movement up easy rock in a great surroundingMe belaying Scott on pitch 7 just below the top of the climb.Scott at the top “me mountain man” pose. He wanted to run off and build a fire and find meat to eat , but we had a long walk down again so he had to be restrained……. A great day’s climbing.