Near the start of the mighty, 4km-long Bernia Ridge, Costa Blanca.
A fantastic day out, particularly when combined with a bivvy in the Forat (cave/tunnel) under the ridge the night before.
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Near the start of the mighty, 4km-long Bernia Ridge, Costa Blanca. -
Nearing the end of our Spanish climbing trip.I grew up through the bolting debates in the UK, and there was very quickly a hard line driven between limestone and other types of rock. Retrobolting was seen as a plague, and chopping was common. It all got a bit silly, but the enduring refusal to place bolts on gritstone has been correct, I think.
Top anchors are different, and I think there are arguments for their use even at lower grade venues like windgather, but I doubt we'll be seeing it any time soon.
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Nine-Year-Old Quickly Climbs Her First 5.14aMy position on this has always been - and will remain so - that every tiny crimp is a massive jug when you're nine.
This kind of stuff is why I gave up redpointing - every time I went up a grade, some wunderkind pushed the top end out by another two.