This summer it’s been pretty different for me as others; I changed completely the climbing scenery. Before I didn’t place gear so much, and, of course, I couldn’t afford such special climbing in such a single and loose rock terrain. This happened in the Ordesa Valley, located in the center of the Pyrenees. I spent all the weekends of June hanging around in Ordesa, having fun on those 400 meter pieces of rock. 

In mid-July, there was hot weather all over Europe, and Rikar and I arrived to Chamonix in the centre of the French Alps. We wanted to climb the ultra famous Cassin route on the Walker Spur, in the Grandes Jorasses Mountain (4,208 meters). It would be our first alpine experience, and as soon as we arrived, good conditions for the climbing were installed. We felt that we had the novel’s good luck! We immediately went to try the route. We climbed this wonderful 1,200-meter wall only using ice gear for the very last pitch of the route. I wanted to tell this little story about my special and incredible summer. My very personal summer! 

Nowadays, and in the meantime, still my heart and mind are disappointed they are not going together and still are not both focused on my climbing wall as my body is. My heart still is in love with what I experienced in the Walker Spur and ... dreaming for another new one? I’m not sure. My mind tells me: Hey Josune! October is your favorite climbing month and is “just around the corner.” Yes this is true, and getting in shape only comes when something in your mind starts to push your motivation.