The weekend of 3 and 4 july was the first ESAC weekend after corona. We picked the weekend right after exams with a borrel at hubble the night before, 18 people signed up. As the hungover climbers started to arrive around 7:15, we split up the bouldermats and got last minute cooking equipment.
In Avalonia, we hiked up a trail with all the mats, some snacks and too little water :)
Daniel, who maintains the area, sold us two topos and soon everyone was trying out the many boulders. Lots of overhang and many problems along with cookies, brownies and the encouraging shouting when someone was climbing hard.
A small group went early to swim in the Ruhr while the rest bouldered on. Tim and Nicole left early, but climbed a lot nonetheless.
As the evening came, we went to the campsite and set up tents. The majority went for a swim while the rest was cutting mushrooms, a ton of onions, carrots and boiling pasta. Food turned out quite good, plenty of cheese was had and there were some leftovers too.
It was starting to drizzle so we set up a tarp and sat in a circle on bouldermats, camping chairs and Eva’s car. Drinking beers, listening to music and sharing stories.
The next morning started early, making three rounds of coffee on the big moka pot certainly helped. We got fresh buns, made eggs with onion to go along and filled coffee in empty beer bottles for those who forgot to bring their mug.
Before bouldering again we made a quick stop at the castle Hohensyburg to enjoy the view and take a group photo. Josh made it on the shot, but he had to sprint for the 10 second timer. We bouldered for a few hours, near the caves. Eva split up a delicious watermelon, when the rain began. Everyone took shelter under the rock overhangs as rain poured down and lightning strikes passed by. As the rain died down, one group took refuge in a cafe while the rest bouldered on in the sheltered caves (so much overhang). Songs were sung, huddled together under the rock, until we decided to pack up and go.
I went on to boulder again with my german friends and sister indoors, the rest went back to Eindhoven and had pizza together. Overall I really enjoyed organizing and going on the weekend with everyone, it was super fun and many laughs were had :)