September Climbing Update

So far this month, I've been focusing on getting some mileage in on the abundance of quality routes at Berry Head, Brixham in the lead-up to my Mallorca DWS trip in the latter part of September. I was hoping to get to Lulworth too, but the fickle British weather put a stop to that. Instead, I concentrated on beasting myself on the super-steep routes of the White Rhino buttress, as well as long journeys out and back along the superb Magical Mystery Tour. The highlight of the training for me was completing my own version of the 'Wizard of Oz', which involved a seriously large amount of climbing, all in one go. The routes included: Magical Mystery Tour (including climbing through the entrance and through the roof of the Blue Grotto) reversed, 6a+, Rainbow Bridge (bar the crux pitch) 6a+, Holes 6a, Cod Tympani 7a+ (as a substitute to RB crux), The Wave 6c, RB Continuation 6b, Oz Wall 6b+, Cave Woman 6c, White Rhino Tea 7a, plus a couple more routes to finish off: Crossing the Tea 7a, and Pink Roadster 6c (7a). The whole route took me around four hours to complete, and I was so chuffed to finally make it to the end after a quality days climbing over such awesome and varied terrain. Amazing! After a few rest days, to let my aching forearms recover, I was back on it again to rack up some more power-endurance training on White Rhino, before taking a few forced rest days just prior to jetting off to Mallorca.

This year I've got two weeks in Mallorca to sample some more of the quality DWS routes over there and chill out in such a beautiful country for a bit. Can't wait! :D