So tonight is my last night in Hampi as tomorrow I take a bus to Mysore, before heading to Mumbai to fly out of India. Last night we made another trip to Jungli Plateau to sleep out and climb there in the morning and evening, so I've had an awesome last couple of days here. The day before that we climbed at Egg Boulder area, and I sent the classic Egg Boulder, a 6c or V5. The pictures below catch the crux moves of the boulder, a series of slaps up a really wide bulge (you can also see why it's called Egg Boulder). It's a cool area because unlike most of Hampi which is filled with sharp small holds the boulders around the Egg have feature climbing, with big slopers and lots of corners.
The first of these shots below is Andy working a 7a sit next to Egg Boulder, and the other two are from when we did some night climbing by fire and headlamp light at Jungli Plateau. The second climber is Maxi, a German sport climber, and the third is of Yu, a Japanese climber who makes everything look difficult but nonetheless climbs it; he's pretty fun to watch.
So tomorrow morning I'm going to have one last session on my project Surf Traverse, then an a relaxing day before catching a sleeper bus to Mysore. Two days there then a 36 hour train journey to Mumbai, where I'll see the city for two days and then fly home to London and Wales.
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