Switzerland 1

June 16

We have arrived in Magic Wood, Switzerland after a fairly long drive from Fontainbleau. We got to Cresciano no problem, but then we were not exactly sure how to find Magic Wood. We drove around for a bit looking for signs for towns we knew where near by but could not find anything (this is at around midnight). We pulled off to the side of the road to look at maps and decide what we were going to do. We turned on the computer to look at some info we had saved on it, and just by chance we stopped where there was free wifi - we found all the info we needed and then began our drive up some pretty crazy mountain roads. We found the climbers campground and set up our tent just before the rain came pouring down

In the morning we woke up to nice weather and incredible surroundings - the photos do not do it justice. We are in an incredibly steep valley with a river running through it, all surrounded by snow capped peaks. There are the coolest little villages here with just a handful of houses built on super steep slopes. Some of the houses appear to have no electricity.



I did some climbing last night and was able to find a few of the boulders. Krissy decided to just rest. We are going to go back today and find the rest so we can scope out the problems we want to try and complete in our time here. I did a couple of easier problems and then was able to do Super Nova (7C) in a couple of tries. I might have been able to flash it if I had known where the start was. I also have a couple of quick tries on Massive Attack, an 8A+ - it felt hard…like it should at that grade.





Because of the river and the ice trapped under the boulders it feels quite cool here - like someone left the A/C on in the climbing area. The rock is very cool - lots of interesting features. I think we will have fun here. There are definitely some pretty sketchy landings here when compared to Font though.

Random:
Krissy is having a nap “in” her bouldering pad
Our credit cards do not seem to work here
The swiss use franks and euros
We do not understand any of the language they speak here
In the climbers campground we have heard - german, swiss, Italian, English, and other stuff….
BIG crash pads are good for magc wood
The temperature of the river here rivals the water around Dover Island - I would not want to jump in.
I am not the oldest climber in magic wood - I was on the young side n Font…average age is much lower here.
The frst boulder is about a 5 minute walk from out tent, and it is awesome..
We have to walk across pretty cool little bridges to get to the climbing.
We bought chips, chocolate milk, and ketchup for treats
Stuff here is expensive - as expected.
We have sold mad rock pads just by sitting in them in “couch mode”