Joe, jon, cofe and rob are all camping. The campsite has really improved since I was last here and now has toilets and a little shop. However, by all accounts the toilets are rancid.
Its been super super hot (hence the idiotic heatstroke) today, the car said 35degrees (was left in the sun), so to say conditions have not been great would have been an understatement. We started at the bruno bloc end and flailed in the heat on the slab beneath astronautefiber. Ed and rob both flashed protecktor, the we walked to a cool 7b just next to the left and right hand of darkness. Something fall? Very good anyway. Starts on two crimps, heel next to hand, hard move left to a good hold, then rumbling on and up to a highball finish. Really really good.
I then got very excited about the left and right hand of darknesses which looked totally possible. Looked but not felt! It was so hot my hands were so warm and the holds so small. So, I did move one, and move two but not together. Noone else made any more progress.
The teams split as we went up to octopussy and t'others head to blown away. Although far too hot, octopussy felt feasible. I think I'll be back on that one tomorrow.
Down at blown away its nice and cool. Cofe has a fight on his hands and it looks like its on but he runs out of steam before putting it all together.
We finished the day in andeer where we did some shopping and weighed up moving house. Basically, there's another bunkhouse which is only 15chf a night, but youneed a sleeping bag and there's no facility to cook. The saving is so big that it almost stacks up when you consider that yÓ'd have to eat out everynight. The decider (to stay here at the original bunkhouse) was made because all restaurants shut here at 9pm. So you'd need to miss the evening session to be able to eat.
Anyway, a more upbeat and worthwhile entry tomorow, when I have rehydrated and feel human.
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