Back home

I had a nice weekend back home. On a sunny Friday I went to Osp with Maja and Roxy. I don't remember when was the last time we did something like that together. And yesterday we were on Podrta Gora. It turns out that Slovenia has some lines that look really impressive even after climbing in world class places like Hueco and Bishop.

Roxy

Sport climbing after a long long time

Come on Roxy, let's take a picture

Method man 7A, Podrta gora

Cleaning B.I.G 7B+, Podrta gora

Last day in Bishop

This is the video from our last day in Bishop. We both sent our little projects and that made it easier to leave the place. Now we're back home. It's kind of a weird feeling after two months on the road. I miss everything already!

High Plains Drifter V7, Buttermilks

A rodeo to Bishop

Many things happened last week. Winning the Rock Rodeo was fun, leaving Hueco without sending El Techo, not so much. I'm very happy with the way our trip went so far but saying goodbye to Hueco left a bittersweet taste in my mouth. I'll have to come back!

Every year many climbers come to Hueco just for the Rodeo. This year was no exception. Daniel Woods won the male mutant category and I did the female. It's too bad that more strong girls didn't show up to make the competition tougher. Still, I had a cool but hard climbing day on North Mountain. I tried to repeat the problems I did before and at the end I was so tired that I had to fight hard for a V5 to finish the day. But it was worth it!!! Here is the list of the problems I did:

- Adjust your attitude V8
- The stegasaur V8
- The roughage V7
- No wonder V7
- Daily dick dose V7
- Lobster claw V5

 

El Techo - such a good climb! Not really my style with the powerful moves, but there's also weird body positions that you have to figure out. Trying hard in that roof makes you wanna eat steaks for dinner every day! I was getting close but then everything went down and we had to leave Hueco. But I guess it's cool to have a good reason to come back!

 
Now we're in Bishop. Those granite blocs look amazing but our fingertips are complaining, it's shaaaaaarp!!! After 5 weeks of Hueco most of the climbs seem very technical, but the change feels good and the psyche is back on!

Flower Power

East Spur, Feb. 19, Cleaning day in Hueco.

Every year, a week before the Rock Rodeo there's a cleaning day in Hueco. We signed up for cleaning holds and picking up trash in the park for half of a day. The other half was climbing and free burritos and beer in the evening.

The plan was to clean the problems we wanted to do later and that's how I did Flower Power. We were there a few days ago, but it was a really hot day and it felt more like V11 than V10, but I found my cool beta, so I knew exactly what to do yesterday and did it first try!

It's been some time since I've sent something hard. I've been working on my projects El Techo and Barefoot, but I'm not 100% sure if I can do any of those in a week and in such hot weather. One day it feels so close and the other too far. I don't really know. That's why it was so cool to climb the Flower Power roof yesterday! Maybe I'm back in the sending mood now :)
Here is the video:

Katja Vidmar, Flower power V10 from Gašper Bratina on Vimeo.

Life in Hueco...

...through the lens of our new Nikon camera

 

The V11 day

Yesterday was a special day for us. We both did our first V11 :) First, G did El Techo and then I did Dark Age. Here are the videos from bolth of us. Enjoy!