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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Summary

« on: March 27, 2009, 01:41:43 pm »

Ropes:
simon/carmen : 1 70m single, plus either 2x60m halves, or 1x50m single
rob/julie: 1 60m single, two 60m halves
pete B: 1 70m single
tracy: 1 60m half
guido: 1 60m single
Peri: 2 60m halves
Alan: ?
Dave E: ?
Dave D: ?

Alan: Definately a 60m half. Will have the other half in the car on Sat am so can put it in if necessary

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Accommodation

« on: March 24, 2009, 03:39:00 pm »

will he be able to bring the parrot on the plane?

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: luggage and gear

« on: March 24, 2009, 03:35:24 pm »

- lets rationalise ropes between us - its pointless everybody carrying their own.  How many of us will be climbing? I have  two sixty metre half ropes for starters.

How do people feel about each climber bring one 60m rope?  When climbing if both ropes are skinnies it should be ok, if one's a skinny and one's a fatty, the owner of the fatty can lead the long run-outs  ...  if abbing on odd sizes don't use a Shunt as backup.

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Accommodation

« on: March 20, 2009, 04:33:33 pm »

My I suggest those who havent blagged a bed, blag one now. it will be easier to allocate, er, I mean get volunteers, to drive a car parked outside the house you're sleeping in. I know it sounds picky but last year even though the houses were in the same terrace one house had one driver and another had twenty drivers (or close to it, it seemed) and it affected flexibility and increased dithering time first thing.

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Car Hire

« on: March 17, 2009, 07:34:24 am »

Sounds good to me! So PeteB and I could drive... we managed in Corsica

If you can drive in Corsica for more then one day without rounding off the corners of the car, you can drive anywhere, anytime, anyhow. its the only place where two cars of 2 metres wide each can pass on a road 2^1/4 metres wide. It's true!

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Guide Books

« on: March 17, 2009, 07:26:43 am »

The 'old' guide (I've got a borrowed 2002 edition) has lots (abt 50) of routes from grade 3 (many in the 4s and 5s, lots in the 6s) to 7s from 50 metres to 180 metres. (one is 280 but it's probably a typo)

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Car Hire

« on: March 15, 2009, 10:24:38 am »

Would it be sense to have:
One big car for the bikers/those not addicted to climbing
One car EACH for the houses - so the UpAfterEleven house can get up late and go climbing late, the UpAtAMoreNormalTime house can get up at , er, a more normal time and get the same amount of climbing in plus a siesta and beer at lunch time, and one car for the UpWhileTheMoonIsStillUp house for the proper climbers, insomniacs and those who want to blag climbs they haven't done while no-one was looking and don't want to get caught   (bagsy I be in this house please).

Also if volunteers could drive the cars that correspond with their own sleep patterns... say 2 per house.... or is that getting too complicated?   It's the sunday morning coffee you know

I'm happy to drive for the Dawn Chorus house.

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Accommodation

« on: March 13, 2009, 04:18:23 pm »

Thanks. Cala Gonone. I hope the street addresses of the flats are on the booking form or we'll never find where home is?

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Accommodation

« on: March 12, 2009, 03:15:52 pm »

Simon
What's the address of the accomodation - it's doesn't seem to appear on the forum?
Ta

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Guide Books

« on: March 04, 2009, 03:56:32 pm »

Does any one want me to round up guide books?

I have a copy of Pietra di Luna (£30 ish) Covers the whole island but the topos look pretty wooly for some places.
We ought to have a couple of these and a couple of:

Arrampicare a Cala Gonone (£19) and published Jan 2009 so it ought to be up to date.

I also have a copy of RF's Cala Luna mini guide.

there are others - have a fiddle around www.climb-eurpoe.com/rockclimbingshop/guidebooks_for_Sardinia.html

UK shops like Needlesports only stock a couple of each title and sometimes charge a premium for postage too, so we might find it easier to order lots from one place, give them time to get them from their supplier and we might just save a quid on the post. or a few from lots of places to be sure we get them in time.  Not long to go.

Unless anyone has a better idea?

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Sardinia Trip March/April 2009 / Re: Car Hire

« on: March 04, 2009, 03:43:27 pm »

...or a couple of 7 seaters - will reduce options but might be cheaper?

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: Weather

« on: April 03, 2008, 11:47:29 am »

Found a forecast at:

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/tenday/SPXX0059?par=OAP&site=TRVLH&code=null&cm_ven=WOWs_voap&cm_cat=Travel&cm_ite=link&cm_pla=10-day

Sunny for the first few days then partly or mostly cloudy. Temps in 70's. No rain (or snow) forecast (yet). looks good enough for me!

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: GEAR: maillion/quicklinks/leaver biners/...

« on: March 29, 2008, 11:44:08 pm »

One and a half pairs of socks is enough.
Day 1: 2 socks worn and one spare
Day 2: Left sock goes on right foot, clean sock on left foot, spare in wash
Day 3: Washed one goes on left foot, left sock is moved onto right foot, right sock gets washed.
Day 4, as day 3.
etc ad infinitum (till they wear out  )

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: Transport - getting to and from M/C airport

« on: March 29, 2008, 11:35:13 pm »

Yep, booked at Purple.

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: Training session

« on: March 29, 2008, 11:27:13 pm »

I should be able to do 1 evening, tues is as good as any.
I want to meet up with Cef too to pick up my goodies - Cef can you make it?
Alan

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: GEAR: maillion/quicklinks/leaver biners/...

« on: March 27, 2008, 05:57:06 pm »

Yep, my 2 new ropes are 60m skinnies (8.5mm), so with Peri bringing the older (bit not much used) 60m single there's plenty spare.
I'll be bringing wires, a small rack of larger stuff, enough quicks to clip 15 plus 4 slings and a getout kit (prussiks, spare tape, biner) and a knife so I can do my Simon Yates impression if (I'm not using my own rope).

Anybody want to go multi-pitching with me?

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: Houses - sleeping arrangements, catering and locaton

« on: March 22, 2008, 08:54:58 am »

I'll share a room with anyone as long as they don't snore louder than me
I'm prepared to be an early riser for the week (it'll be more fun than working)

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: GEAR: maillion/quicklinks/leaver biners/...

« on: March 22, 2008, 08:50:23 am »

<<<Oi, I was first!>>>

Well, they are sort of Krab size I don't have a micrometer handy, but they are good size snap gates, not mini size and not nicked from a dockyard crane.  They're not screwgates either Peri, you worry too much, there'll be another runner below you to catch  you in the unlikely event anything fails. , the bolts are quite close together in Spain - as close as 4 or 5 metres sometimes! . You don't I d be flogging Screwies for a Spanish beer do you?
(I'm new to these bulletin boards, cant make the quote thing work properly).

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: Insurance

« on: March 19, 2008, 11:46:15 pm »

I've always used the BMC.

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Murcia Spain Trip April 2008 / Re: GEAR: maillion/quicklinks/leaver biners/...

« on: March 19, 2008, 11:44:19 pm »

...and you still won't by the number of replies I've had. I may be leaving them at home!