What was up for the long weekend of 21 May to 24? Rock climbing shinadigs thats what. Me, Dan, Jen, Mark and Paul all went for a ride from Amsterdam to url= http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=58700+Nolay,+Ni%C3%A8vre,+Burgundy,+France&sll=41.574875,-2.336655&sspn=0.138691,0.379028&g=nolay&ie=UTF8&cd=2&geocode=FZQDzwId3rEyAA&split=0&ll=47.12341,3.34465&spn=0.063073,0.189514&z=12 Nolay in Dan's car. It took as a little over 7 hours to get to our campsite, combined with rain and very little help in English when asking for directions. Needless to say we found the campsite and managed to set up camp in relatively dry conditions. We went for a quick climb in Cormot - I did a route on top rope - a 5a but didn’t get a chance to complete it - which I was a bit worried about - I hope this wasn’t how the rest of the weekend was going to be like. It started to rain after
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