Anyhow, what am I up, in a spate of wondering what to do with myself I emailed the Orange House in Costa Blanca, Spain to see if they needed a helping hand. Luckily for me they did and hence I’m here, doing the house work, filling in pot holes, the odd bit of gardening and then a lot of climbing.
The Orange House
I’m still trying to get my head around this trip, I’m a creature of routine, I like to know what I’m going to do. So having to wake up everyone morning to find out what job needs doing, then hoping at the end of that someone is keen to climb is all very strange to me. So far I have managed to climb every day, so it seems to be working.
The climbing hasn’t been too bad, my six weeks off have left me with poor rock skills and a big lack of commitment. Somehow I managed to onsight a 7a+ on my first day and felt strong on two 7b yesterday. But it’s going to take a while to get everything back how it should. Luckily there are plenty of strong climbers here, so I’ve had the opportunity to get on some harder routes and push myself, something I seldom get the chance unless I am feeling confident enough to put the clips in myself.
This time around on the blog things aren’t going to be that interesting, I’m hopefully going to get a trip to Madrid sometime in Feb, but most the time it’s going to be climbing climbing and climbing. But I hope you still enjoy it.
A big Dudu
Some jobs around the house
Climbing at Sector 'Wild Side' at Sella
