Rain

Some times it even rains at the weekend. On these rare occasions we tend to stay close to home, so it was to be this weekend with a day trip out to Lecco.

We were 8 in total, most improbable but things can be like that sometimes.

After a coffee we managed to agree on the Scudi di Valgrande sitting high above Ballabio. The climbing was good, but rain soon arrived cutting short our day. We were now down to 4 the Pash, Claudia and myself. We had but one chance remaining if we wanted to continue climbing before the day was out: the fantastic and ever reliable Galbiate. Ignoring certain negative vibes we arrived with mixed hopes, but indeed it was dry. We managed another two routes before the rain caught up with us. We retired to the Offshore bar to watch the sun set over Lago di Annone.

The next day things were not looking much better, but we headed out to Pradello on the shore of Lake Como. Serge was with us, who after much skiing and ice climbing was beating a baguette to get back on the rock. I have never really got on with Pradello, I think it is a crag were I will never amount to much. Everything seems difficult, and I left losing a shoe.