few days have seen some hard climbs here on Koh Tao--some serious grunting, bleeding and pulling have been done by all and it has been sweeeeeet. On Monday, December 8th, five Swedish lads (Michael, Mathias, Max, Robert, and Viktor) took on lower Fraggle and Car Jack; two climbs that will punish and deliver the goods. After a long work session, a couple finally made it up to the ledge atop lower Fraggle. This was a serious boulder session on top rope and all pulled their hardest to puzzle this one out. All in all, it was a fantastic day for everyone and nothing is better than watching a group of guys who have only been outdoor climbing once before really take on the granite with all they got...excellent work guys!!!Today, I took Jeff from Vancouver, BC out climbing and we both had a great day on the rocks.
We roped up Eagle Wall first and both Jeff and I took on and conquered the climb directly up the center to the left of the fern. This is just a mean move, the whole wall bulging out at you trying to push you off if you breath too much and only a tiny, high dish to step into with a couple of sharp frictiony crystals for hands to cling on...commit and go! Charly's Crack was always rewarding and we both took a stab. The day finished for us on Car Jack--a new climb that was set right before the season ended for us. The climb has a lot of variety to it--stemming, laybacks, jams, friction across exposed faces with nothing but shallow 
slopers, underclings, mantles and then you finish the course with a 10 meter block that is all grueling vertical face with only tiny, sharp two finger holds and single crystals for the feet. After a lot of swearing and yelling and two falls, I made it to the top--and it was glorious.There are lots of boulders about on the island at present, so get and go no matter what your level or lust...it's on!!!
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