El Chorro: Day Three

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Escalera Arabe – Suiza

Blue Line ***12 Pitches Grade 5c Alt Leads – Emma.

Today we set of to climb Blue Line a 12 pitch route which would be the longest I have ever climbed and also the Hardest route I would ever have done!. We were to climb in two pairs. Me and Emma and Jeanie and Janet. The first 6 pitches were the easiest ranging from 3c to 4. We set off alt leads. by the time we got to the 4 grade 5 pitches it was drizzly so Emma lead the first two 5c and 5b. As i was coming up the second one Emma shouted down “how are you feeling?” “good ” says I…..”You will need to lead through” says Emma “OK” When I got to the stance there was poo all over where the rope should be so I carried on….first i had to interrogate the grade out of Emma, she had the route description ….it was either a b or a c I knew….turned out to be a 5c …..which i lead and enjoyed…….what an achievement, the top two pitches we are feeling tired…it was a fairly long day but a brilliant one.