A good day

Dovi sent Daniboy, (congrats dude!), I sent some hideous 7c+ and a 7b+ second go...

The reward? Double Mythos, double peanuts, with refill.
That's right, peanut bowl refill.

Living the dream

Danny

Daniboy - Sent by Danny Boy !

Well, I did it!

Hoorah, hooray, woo hoo!!!

Me being super stoked after the send!

So that's my goals for the trip complete! Awesome hey! I've been eating way too much and drinking far too much beer lately! It's ok I earned it.

So as you may all recall from a few blog posts a while ago I got really really close to sending when Warwick was here. I took a break and worked on Marci Marc (video coming soon!!), then once that went down (!), it was back to Daniboy.

Cutting loose in the roof section

So after a rest day we hiked up the monsterous hill, after warming up on Les Amazones (6c), one of my favourite 'easy' climbs, I jumped straight on, with the intention of getting it done. I felt really strong early on in the climb, hitting all the moves perfectly and moving quickly between rests.

Knee bar in the roof

Final rest before the crux

I blasted through the crux, hitting the three finger pocket, then the two finger pocket accurately, a few moves later I was clipping off the mono pocket, still feeling good. Then all of a sudden I started to panic, thinking 'oh my god, I'm going to get this thing', what can I say, I wasn't expecting it on the first shot of the day...... I very shakily got the last few hard moves, Lee Cujes, from Brisbane, among others cheering me on. I made it up to the chains,  to pumped to clip straight away, I kept everyone on their toes, by swapping hands, shaking out, before swapping back and clipping the anchor chains! Success at last! It felt great.

Lowering off, a smile on my face

I'd like to thank, Dovi for the belays and photos, Dale and Warwick for the belays and Lee and Sam Cujes for the support!

Finally thanks to everyone for following my blog,

An English bloke got some more photos of me, which he will send in a week or two. Stay tuned for those, and the upcoming Marci Marc blog.

Some Photos of Stuff

So, I've been promising some sweet blog posts about some climbs I did right....

Well anti-climax time, I'm having some photo/video/uploading/downloading/hackingthemainframe issues....

So anyway a quick little report of what I've been up to.

Last night was some sort of party for some greek guy, they had lots of food, which I ate far too much of. Though I think I impressed most people with my ability to consume insane quanitites of meat and pita bread.

They poured alcohol on some napkins to make a fire.....
Pour the alcohol in my mouth!

The next day Dovi made us an Israeli? dish, Shakshuka..... Which I tried once in Thailand??? Long story, anyway, basically it's onions, tomato and eggs. Tasty. Once again, no shortage of food in my stomach!

Stuffing my face, 

With shakshuka

No rest day would be complete without going to the supermarket to stock up! Hitchhiking is the prefered method of getting around the island, usually a ride can be had within 15 minutes or so.

Who wouldn't give me a ride?

Just a typical quiet 24 hours in Kalymnos,

Stay tuned, I'll be trying for an update a day over the next few days.

Thanks for taking a look!

Why am I so happy?

Cause I'm putt ing the final touches on some sweet blog posts!

Can't wait...

Something Tasty Is Cooking