Running and climbing in Bernal

Sunday was another fun & crazy day. Sergio, Odi and I went to Bernal, where around 9:30 a.m. Sergio and I participated at the 1er Circuito Peña de Bernal, a 15 km race organized by the Solo Para Salvajes running circuit.

The race became a little bit of a disaster, most of the runners ran only 7 km of the 2-loop course due to bad marking of the route. Nevertheless, the challenge was good enough and we had tons of fun as always :)

We had a good breakfast after the race and headed to the monolith, we wanted to do a multi-pitch climb of it. Bernalina (5.8, 5 pitches) was totally crowded so we opted to go for Filo Sureste, which is a little bit harder (5.10a, 4 pitches) but good enough to pass the crowds and get to the summit before the day ended.

This was Odi's 2nd climb in Bernal but the 1st time she got to the summit. She did an excellent job following every pitch with Sergio by her side, we used half-ropes so they could climb together. After 2 and a half hours we reached the summit, everyone was happy, the weather had been really good despite the clouds. After fooling around and shooting some pics, we rappelled off the cliff and went back to the car.

We met Gil, Caro and the kids at the parking lot, then headed downtown to celebrate with the traditional giant micheladas. After the beers, we drove back to Tequisquiapan to have dinner in the street market at the central plaza. We had lots of food and fun before coming back to the city. It was another great Sunday in the countryside :)

Rest of the photos can be seen here.