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Tamar, december 2002. Surprisingly large amount of ice, given the short period of freezing cold. |
| The Ribomania (WI 6+) route has been bothering me each year, but there was either a shortage of ice or my mental state wasn't fit enough for the challenge.This year it was different. |  |
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Still, I had to run somewhere befor the ascent. I couldn't hide though. Those photo spies couldn't care less about the privacy in certain moments... |
| Banana breakfast for steady nerves and some monkey mood. |  |
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The usual story with gear goes like this: I am either short of it and I run out of it on the route or I simply dont take enough of it on a climb and I run out of it anyway. There is no third option.
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| On the routes where taking a fall would be a very nasty deed indeed, I usually take ample amount of time to cope with the problems. |  |
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Leaving my Gore-tex down at the base I was absorbing large amounts of water. Was I cold? |
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After a relieving rappel I had to jump out of the wet clothes and turn from Wet man into a Naranjito... And spend some more time climbing normal routes in a normal manner.. |
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| We spent the rest of the day climbing the Rarity (WI 5).Enjoyable and memory-reviving climb to finish a great day out there... | |