Wedensday: it was the night of decitions. Germany was playing against Spain in the semis. I was crazy about the game and I almost could not take watching it because I was so emational even before the game started. Well, watching the game was hard enough. As Spain scored against our Boys, I was on the ground - could not take watching any more. I left the tent in wich we watched and waited for it to be over. And yes, I cried when the game was over and so the worldcup for Germany. But my respect for the good game even tho they did not win. Sadly. I went to bed as soon as we got home.

Thursday:  it rained hard when I got up and it didn´t stop until after lunch. But that was no problem because I had time packing all my stuff for my trip to the Palatinate to go climbing on red sandstone in the sun. All in all, my Thursday really wasn’t that exciting. Some soccer in the back yard and playing with the boys after the rain stopped gave my day another nice touch. I was excited for my trip.

Friday: after getting up rediculously early Anne and I spent most parts of the day in a train on our way to West Germany. My Grandpa oicked us up at the train station and dropped us off at my aunts and uncles house. We ate Kuchen and drank coffee before we all walked over to my grandparents house. Over there we played a little in the back yard and grilled. After eating a lot of good food, we planned our climbing satturday. :)

Satturday: Ingo, my uncle, did not feel well and could not go climbing because of that. Anne, Babsi and I decided to go bouldering at the Kalmit. It was great getting out again but a little sad because Ingo couldn’t join us. Well, I got in some very nice moves and even got some stiff forearms after a while. Anne took very cool pictures of me and climbed some, too. It was a lot of fun climbing with Anne again.

Sunday, today: We had a slow morning with nice breakfast and getting ready for a day of climbing. We packed our packs and left the house aroung 10:30 to go to the Fladensteine. It rained over night and cooled down the temperatures for the day. But the rock was wet also. We warmed up on some easier routes and showed Anne how to rap down on an ATC. Later, Ingo and I climbed a nice classic crack. It was so nice and long, but really dirty. With all that rain the sand from the top got on the route and sat there in the holds I wanted to use. :) I did use them, I didn’t have another choice. As I got to the top, I had a beautiful view over the mountains and all the little craigs. I also put down my name in the “Gipfelbuch”, a book, that is on top of the tower where everybody writes in their name who gets up there. A really cool thing to do if you think about it. I was very excited, that I got to do this.

So, another hot day is over now. Dinner tasted even better after climbing a lot, but I missed the cheerwine a little.Tomorrow, we will be climbing again. See you then.

Love,

Maikelou