Sun, sun, sun!!

Things are looking up - in two weeks time I will be in Kalymnos for some climbing bolted limestone with the sun on my back followed by just laying about in the sun and finishing off with a beer - get in there!

Now in an ideal world I would get down the wall every other day and work on getting some finger strength built up at the very least but working nights is getting in the way at the minute. Still hopefully I can get another bouldering session or two in and that will have to do - in all honesty it is not the best preparation really but it will have to do and I am just going to have to get on some technical slabs inbetween steeper stuff. Eeek!

Ah well if all else fail it will be a nice training trip for the second trip - Sardinia!

Now this is one of the things I love about climbing - a mate drops you a mail and the next thing you know you have booked flights to go climbing somewhere. I must admit to being just as psyched (if not a little tiny bit more) for Sardinia. The island has limestone (nice) granite (awesome) and basalt to climb on - now the first two I have climbed on before and know what to expect re: movement over the rock and the like but what is basalt like to climb on?

I suspect that it's probably nowhere near as exciting as I currently imagine it to be but one of the plans for this year was to climb as many different rock types as possible and so the opportunity to add another one to the list has to be taken. It is also the chance to buy more guide books which is a good thing - they look impressive all stacked in the bog!

Ennui...

The urge to blog has been somewhat lacking at the minute but then there has been very little to blog about. I think that I have attempted to go climbing twice in the last month partly as a result of working nights (and generally being fucked as a result of it) but more than anything just not being motivated due to the crap weather!

Currently it would seem that I am the beloved of all the rain gods, not just some of them but every last one of the utter bastards, and to prove their love to me they follow me where ever I go in the form of rain be it showers, drizzle or just a good solid downpour that seemingly lasts for days. God it's depressing. 8-(

Anyway, as a result of this seemingly magical property I have to make it rain I am offering my services to those parts of Australia where they have had next to no rain for years. Within a week of my arrival I can confidently predict that it will rain and most likely in truly biblical proportions so any random Aussies reading this and wanting rain please get in contact and I will come over for the price of my flight and a few beers.