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| Walking in under ominous skies... actually our second attempt that afternoon due to showers! |
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| Getting higher despite a very heavy bag full of climbing and camping gear! |
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| Morning reflections over the lake... |
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| Climbers in the morning sun |
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| Another vivid marsh orchid! |
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| Checking out the guidebook! (And yes, I am wearing shorts over thermal tights. I forgot my trousers) |
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| Refugi Ventosa i Cavell (2220m) |
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| More clusters of photogenic marsh orchids! Ali had to stand in many a bog in pursuit of the perfect shot! |
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| Some randoms climbing above the refuge (El Santuri) |
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| Teetering on the amazing arete (Clara Luna 6c). Not a badly positioned route even if I couldn't actually climb it! |
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| Trying not to fall in! |
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| A little hug on the way back down to our campsite |
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| Walking back up the hill for another day climbing by the refuge! |
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| Testing my balance skills (and hoping the tree didn't break). |
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| Playing with the polariser! |
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| Gotcha! Marmots were easy enough to spot but didn't seem to like having their photo taken... not without a huge telephoto lens anyway. We don't have one of these (yet?!). |
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| Enjoying some granite slab climbing on Paret del Negre |
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| Not a bad camping spot! (even if a lot of the climbing is way up the big hill in the distance!) |
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| Ali gets up in the small hours to capture the star trails... the skies are pretty amazing up here! |
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| Hello Ali! The closest you get to a photo of him these days... |
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| Bearded French dude slab-padding above the Cavallers Dam. Nice moustache. |
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| Some more lovely mountain flowers... |
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| Feeling smug but knackered after an hour's slog up to this point... actually just the start of our climbing objective, a 6 pitch route up this granite wall (Comalestorres for any interested climbing geeks). I like the way this lens lengthens my legs! |
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| Made it. View from the top of Comalestorres... |
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| More mountain flowers... so pretty! |
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| Back to the car in the nick of time as a HUGE thunderstorm hits the mountains. Wouldn't want to be climbing now! |
Wow! Just wow!
ReplyDeleteYou're certainly not short of things to point a camera at. Such spectacular scenery!
Delighted as always to see you both living the dream.
xx