Day 4 27th April with Pascal Lee Denis Li Lung Hok Rhony Lee Jul Mercier
Today, we move to cilaos, and on the way, the plan is to stop to ‘pailles en queue’ climbing site at st Paul. The signs were ominous, but we ignored them at the time!!! Benefit of hindsight, as they say!!!
1. On the second day, when Niagara was infested by acne riddled adolescents, we were told by one of the accompanying adults to be careful on ‘paille en queue’. He had been there a few weeks back, and informed us that wasps could be an issue on some routes.
2. The navigator of the day got us ‘lost’ twice, despite using a hand held gps device with all the required maps loaded!
3. As soon as we got to the spot and set the tarpaulin to protect the rope, a pigeon perched high up the rocks projected a fresh dose of poo on the tarp, causing a splatter that even Dexter would be proud of!
4. Mosquito paradise!
So back to the site itself. You park by the road side, and a small walk through the woods leads us to a massive wall, with rocks similar in both texture and layout to albion. Blood sucking vampires everywhere, but we luckily had some liquid garlic in spray container to fend them off.
😤
Today, we move to cilaos, and on the way, the plan is to stop to ‘pailles en queue’ climbing site at st Paul. The signs were ominous, but we ignored them at the time!!! Benefit of hindsight, as they say!!!
1. On the second day, when Niagara was infested by acne riddled adolescents, we were told by one of the accompanying adults to be careful on ‘paille en queue’. He had been there a few weeks back, and informed us that wasps could be an issue on some routes.
2. The navigator of the day got us ‘lost’ twice, despite using a hand held gps device with all the required maps loaded!
3. As soon as we got to the spot and set the tarpaulin to protect the rope, a pigeon perched high up the rocks projected a fresh dose of poo on the tarp, causing a splatter that even Dexter would be proud of!
4. Mosquito paradise!
So back to the site itself. You park by the road side, and a small walk through the woods leads us to a massive wall, with rocks similar in both texture and layout to albion. Blood sucking vampires everywhere, but we luckily had some liquid garlic in spray container to fend them off.
😤
Some of the route names:
1. Trous d’enfer
2. Trouillo q
3. Paille au cul
Wonder who the twisted minds who named these routes are
:P
Decide to start on the easy 4c ‘paille au cul’ as warm up. Rhony sets off for a 4b ‘les varices de papy’. Make swift progress up the route and the first 4 quick draws are quickly in place. Next section at the crux, there is a slight overhang with some very bad hand holds. Just as I commit to my next move, a wasp starts to attack my watch. As I try to shake it off, I get bitten on my chin and left bicep. The guys swiftly lower me to the ground.Damn, wasp stings hurt!!! Biatch!!!
Problem is, we still have 4 quick draws up the wall, with the top most literally next to the wasps’ nest. After waiting a while for the insects to calm down, I go again up the wall to recover the gear, with extreme caution. No mishaps this time!!! Climbing on this spot cancelled, we decide to move to another climbing site on the way, but not before receiving another dose of farewell pigeon poo!!!
Problem is, we still have 4 quick draws up the wall, with the top most literally next to the wasps’ nest. After waiting a while for the insects to calm down, I go again up the wall to recover the gear, with extreme caution. No mishaps this time!!! Climbing on this spot cancelled, we decide to move to another climbing site on the way, but not before receiving another dose of farewell pigeon poo!!!
We end up at ‘Colimacons’, next to st Leu. Car parked by the climbing wall, with pic nic tables everywhere!!! No choice, lunch!! 
:) :-) :-) I had been on a ham and bread lunch diet for the last couple of days, but today...today...today..!!! we got a roast chicken with nice French bread and lesieur mayo!!!
:-) :-) :-) climbing lunch bliss!!!
:) :-) :-) I had been on a ham and bread lunch diet for the last couple of days, but today...today...today..!!! we got a roast chicken with nice French bread and lesieur mayo!!!:-) :-) :-) climbing lunch bliss!!!
By now, the wasp stings have swollen up. I have a super inflated left bicep and puffed left cheek which gives me a very square left jaw line (also left that side of my face numb, you experience a similar feeling when lidocaine is used during some dental treatments)! The most manly the left side of my body has ever been :P :P :P lucky, none of the above has dampened my climbing lust. So set off on a testy 5b with awkward body positioning required to complete the route. The other guys, less juls(who was napping in the car), also have a go. By the end of this climb, the wind had picked up without warning, followed by lashing rain! Damn, climbing not happening today.
:P :P :P lucky, none of the above has dampened my climbing lust. So set off on a testy 5b with awkward body positioning required to complete the route. The other guys, less juls(who was napping in the car), also have a go. By the end of this climb, the wind had picked up without warning, followed by lashing rain! Damn, climbing not happening today.
Dejected, we head to the 400 or so switch backs leading to the end destination of the day, amidst heavy rainfall and a slight fog. Spectacular views leading to Cliaos??? NIET!!! NAIBA!!! NIENTE!!!
We are however warmly welcome at ‘le jardin des creoles’ by the owners. Some nice chit chat, and after inspection of the cosy semi detached dwelling, we set off to the village centre for a walk and grocery shopping. Luckily, weather had cleared up completely by then. On the menu tonight, bolognese pasta made almost entirely from scratch by Denis. More yums! Seems that I'm going to end up fatter than before these holidays!!! My betting friend needs to fall pregnant again for me to have a chance to seize the lead again (inside joke, don't ask :P )
On another one of my side notes, people from reunion, in my humble opinion, should stop using the dodo as if it was theirs!!! ‘La dodo le la’??? La dodo le pas la!!! La dodo zamais le la!!! La dodo le a maurice!!! Besides, it's Le dodo:P :P On this vent, good night... :P :P :P
:P )On another one of my side notes, people from reunion, in my humble opinion, should stop using the dodo as if it was theirs!!! ‘La dodo le la’??? La dodo le pas la!!! La dodo zamais le la!!! La dodo le a maurice!!! Besides, it's Le dodo
:P :P On this vent, good night... :P :P :P
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