Mmmm! I am happy. I have finally climbed this exigent and hard 8C [5.14b]! For me it is very important. It is like having a double value! A prestigious one! This route hasn’t been repeated often. Again Sta. Cruz de Campezo (known as El Convento) gives me good feelings! It is the place where I did Fettuccini, my very first 8b+!

About the other routes; well interesting; Oñate this time is the playground. New winds are blowing in Oñate. Some interesting new routes have been opened. Some short ones (very resistance style), but some really vertical ones, too, on the left side near the route Honky Tonky. My friend Lorea Madina is one of the setters. This little girl has set the most interesting ones, wonderful vertical lines among a near 40 meters. 8a, 8a+, 7c+ ... magnifico! I can climb onsight at home!!!! Incredible! MMMMMMH!

In the meantime I was able to send a bouldery route of 8b+, called Aurrera Bolie. It's a pinch-fest — about fifteen meters on a very overhanging wall, a surprising finish on very rounded, open pinches absolutely give the 5.14a grade to this nice line.

At the end of fall, if the weather keeps on like nowadays, I will have more possibilities to take my turn on a new open project that I started to try last climbing day.

Stay tuned ...