Was so nice... the wind was cold, temperature was perfect, the sun coming down...and I flew on this route, like warming up...so easy...I love this feeling!! I've fallen in the last crux many times, six times exactly, but this time, my mind was relaxed and I did the crux like floating... Few minutes after, Adam Ondra sends his proyect, La Dura Dura, so easy too. Nice job Dud!! We were having dinner in a Restaurant in Oliana, with a lot of wine and good friends. Great week after this, sending very fast nice routes like...

After a couple of weeks climbing in Oliana, my project is almost finished, I have fallen in the last bolt already three times!! But now I have found the correct method and wait anxious to return to do it!! I have been trying the route "Fish Eye,8c" and from the beginning it seemed to me to be easy for my style. Motivated by Daila to prove it, I have found this magnifac line of 50 meters of continuity and in every attempt I have improved very much!! It is very motivating to climb together with the best...

The last few days I’ve been back in good ole Galt, CA to do some family stuff. Kinda bummed to have left  a sweet travel setup in Spain and numerous projects early but it’s nice to be back in Galt for a bit as well. In order of do-ability, from a few more tries to probably never, here are the top few things I and would like to return to in Spain:

For the last few years, since seeing photos of Humildes pa Casa and a clip of Chris on Pachamama, Oliana has been at the top of my climbing areas to visit.  With long, distinct lines and amazing movement it’d be hard to find a route on the wall that isn’t worth traveling the world to climb.

I may have been subjected to rendezvous with the overly rock climbing inclined for a number of years now, but I still manage to be impressed with the level climbing is at today after days like yesterday. A crag like Oliana in Spain isn’t for your beginner or even intermediate climber. The grandiose blue and tan tufa streaked wall homes a hand full of warm-ups (11d and up), and gives your 12+/13- climber a few classic and stunning lines. Beyond these routes the grades jump drastically into the 13+ to hard 5.14 range, in which there are a disproportionate...