Finale pt. II

Today was our last day in Finale, and we made the most of it. After going to the rock store again to get a rope bag to keep the mud off of Amy and Mark's new rope, we headed up to Rocca di Corno again. By the time we got there, a huge crowd of Germans had gathered and were preparing to march up to the crag and occupy it. I got a little stressed out about this and walked up the trail as fast as I could, found a nice 5c on the South face and sat down underneath it. The belay was uncomfortable again, but the climbing itself was engaging, if a bit runout. Chloe and I continued further to the south and got on a horrible 6b with drilled pockets that had been re-filled with sika, and fled as soon as we were both down. We met up with Mark and Amy and walked to the west sector, and chloe tried to lead Rombo di Vento, but had problems right after the crux. Some nearby Germans saved me from having to climb it again, thankfully! Next, I managed to blow an onsight of "Peace"
photo by mark
at the last move because I was too much of a chicken to just throw for the last hold. ARGH. Chloe led "Mug",
photo by mark
a fantastic and unique overhanging 6a on the right side of the cave which Mark and

Amy then toproped. By this time it was already quite late, and we ended up getting on the road at 7 pm. After a few traffic jams and switching drivers several times we got back to Grenoble at 1 AM.