Kohti valoa / Photoblog

Yesterday we hiked up to a nearby crag called Olta to try out the slabs that were highly recommended by our topo book. After 30 minutes of trekking we arrived to the crag and were welcomed by strange-looking old fellow who introduced himself as some sort of local German. This guy was wearing age-old blue spandex pants and was bossing around shirtless with a dark brown solarium tan. When we started climbing he didn't forget to mention (about ten times) that we are climbing his routes. Apparently this guy actually bolted most of the routes some 25 years ago or so. Anyway, I wouldn't be so proud as we had to lower off from single-bolt top anchors and skipped some of the routes due to chipping of extra holds. One of the routes was still a masterpiece. Tai Chi is worth the trek and even though it's not super hard it's still something to remember especially if you're into slab climbing. We didn't have time to try out the other classics but this one route was worth the effort.

Today we went to a crag near Alicante and climbed a few single-pitch routes. Nothing special, just a relaxing day out climbing and recovering for tomorrow's big climb. We are about to wake up early and head out for the mountain called Puig Campana. The route to the top is a 13 pitch / 420m trad climb that should be possible to climb within 6 - 8 hours. I hope everything goes well and we don't have to turn around too early.

Miika practising Tai Chi high above Calpe.

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Teijo climbing a three star route near Alicante.

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