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"I was once bouldering in solitude in the Needles, when a young female walked up and introduced herself and asked who I was. I told her and continued bouldering. She turned and walked away after a few minutes, saying over her shoulder: 'you can't be John Gill. He climbs much better than that'."

- John Gill

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Fixations

It’s incredible to see how a boulder problem possessed our minds during the week. Cova, Aline, Judith, Mau & I returned for some more (should I say “several”?) tries to Jetstream; some on the easy version (V1), others on the difficult one (V6). Here you can see why this magic & apparently “easy” boulder got our complete attention for most of this day:

As far as my brain can recall, I tried it for nearly 50 times, falling every time at the exit moves. Mau managed to link the moves in a display of extreme power and stubbornness, not as elegant as he’d had wished, but somehow he finally got to the top. Everybody clapped his performance.

We also tried some more problems (Judith & Aline becoming extremely stubborn on a very specific one) and had great fun as always. As the sun was going close to the horizon, the place (as well as our temper) got really peaceful. The lagoon becoming an enormous mirror of the blue sky. Simply awesome! We must go back soon…

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