The Fanatic Search 2 - A Girl Thing Page #4

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Second Try - 1 hour later...

I almost fell right at the top! I'm completely knackered and there's still 4 pitches to go! Yeah, it's cool!

The second one is all small, a very physical 8a with little columns, bam bam bam!

It's pretty strenuous, very overhanging... it demands a lot!

I just forced my way through it! It's the pressure to link it up. I know why I suck at competions, I just can't deal with the pressure.

Two, that's done! Still three to go...

I don't feel good now, I don't feel good!!!

Melissa supported me, we took everything, even playing cards; we prepared food, we were taking big rests after hard pitches.

Here we're not as comfortable!

What are you doing there!?

Crosswords, to keep busy, waiting for madam to recuperate.

She's teaching me!

We're not yet in those pitches there... In the climbing spirit...

Actually, when I was working on it, I thought I would never be able to lead this thing, it's too hard and it's too abrasive on the fingers!

My God, this battle! I didn't want to fall!

Yep, the summit is there!

Off belay! Oh my God, that's so cool!!

There it is, number four! That's done, So cool!!

Off belay!

Great, this pitch was really just pure pleasure, no more stress, nothing...

and I don't even feel tired, it's great...

When you're trying a long route, you think: "Do it!", I was extremely motivated, and you don't get tired 'cause you're always thinking:

"It isn't finished yet, the end is on top".

It's something I really wanted to do, and I only had this one day to do it, and I had to do it! It was important to me!

I was really motivated to have a big project, a long route, 'cause everything is necessary, not just strength in your arms;

really everything, you have to manage the exposure, the rope handling... it's hard but I

Well, that's done!

You get here, at the top, with the sun, so, so cool!!

Thanks for this beautiful route!

Melissa, I get on so well with her, I really like her and...

F***! I wanna kill you!! This is so heavy!

In my opinion, the partner is half of the climbing experience, she got sick of it sometimes, it was getting very annoying for her,

but she wanted me to succeed, and it's cool to feel that.

Pfff, that was so hard, I can't do it anymore!

I've gotta go now, otherwise she's gonna kill me! Come on pal, I pulled all that I could...

No, I had the feeling you weren't pulling me at all! Look at this!

...Well done!

Still alive!

My God, I felt like a whale! I weighed at least 50 kilos more than my normal weight!

I couldn't do it, I was thinking: "Come on, help me! I can't pull on these f***ing crimps!"

God, it was awful... f***!!

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