planning for the journey!!!!!

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currently we are in sweden, the sun is shining and we are building a new horse enclosure for Ilonas sister ninja.
getting excited now all our equipment for our back packing trip is almost bought or stolen. 5 more weeks and we quit work!!!!!!!!!
this week we get our tattoos for our trip, and our injections, most importantly the yellow fever jab for south america.
end of november sees us travelling back to the uk in order to arrange a few last things and do a section of the coast to coast in order to test everything for New Zealand. We also plan to do a little mountaineering in the Lake District and some Gritstone climbing in Yorkshire.
but first we have some unfinished buisness with a certain climb in sweden, called the "hardest climb in the whole world E11, no really, its called bloody "grandma duck"!!!!!and we went back with no excuses, shoulder healed, and Ilona as brave and as angry as ever.
(we didnt make it this time either, and we left gear on it again!!!!!!!!!!!) we will rename this climb "holland" as we will never go back again!!!!!!!

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Photos

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i f**cking hate that duck

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grandma duck claims another victim!!!and more equipment, "it must owe us about €35. guide book states "easiest route on the crag", clearly a miss print at 6a+

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f**k that!!!!!! its to windy! to cold! to sunny! to dark! my shoulder hurts! its to hard go home!!!