Elephant Rock
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| Elephant Rock |
Last Wednesday18th April, I got the
day off of school to go outdoors and do some sport climbing. Willis had
arranged the trip and we went with a few people from the Glasgow Climbing
Centre, most of them I knew or had seen before.
All Photos courtesy of Allan Groves :)
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| The day trippers |
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| Willis getting on the rock |
Mark had managed to get a mini
bus for the day and he drove us. At about eight in the morning Willis came to
mine. We put all the climbing gear and ropes in his van and headed off to GCC.
Once we arrived at GCC we took our kit out the van and went to meet at the
gates outside of GCC. Everyone was there before me and Willis except Mark and
the minibus. Everyone chatted for about five minutes until Mark arrived. We loaded
out kit in the van and all headed off to elephant rock.
On the way there we got
stuck in a traffic jam for a wee while butmanaged to go along a wee country
road and still get to elephant rock. I was really excited because I had already
been to elephant rock before with Willis and I had really enjoyed it. We also
planned on having a more relaxed climbing day rather than trying all the hard
routes and pushing as hard as I could. It was only a couple of minutes’ walk
from the car to the crag and the weather was really nice. Throughout the day I
lead a lot of really easy routes at about grade 6a and 6b.
The rock there was
very sharp so it really hurt my hands. Before I had totally wrecked my skin, I
tried a 7a. I managed to get about halfway but there was just one move that I
couldn’t manage. I tried it a few times but ended up giving up. We all sat and
had lunch just before Willis and Megan decided to jump into the red sea. the
water was freezing I never jumped in but Willis and Megan came out freezing. Just
after Willis was out the water we got straight back to climbing, by this point
the tide was really far in so we were all climbing on the 6b.
I had a really
great day just out having fun climbing and it was really nice to take a break
from training. We ended up not leaving till about eight-ish that meant I didn’t
get home until about half ten, eleven o’clock. As soon as I got home I sorted
my stuff out and went straight for a shower then my bed. It was a great day but
I was absolutely shattered and my skin was killing me.
Looking forward to my next adventure!!!!!
#wearerab
