It's always the same with all great outdoor tours: if you over plan it, there's a high chance you won't do much of what you planned. Georgel proposed this adventure climbing thing a few days in advance and I was willing to go but I didn't give him a clear answer like Yes or No. For this reason only, perhaps for not taking it too seriously, all forces of nature, along with the unseen universe, the stars and the moon, converged and decided we deserve to go for the rocky towers.
We carried two backpacks full of specific gear:
- harness
- helmet
- carabiners
- quickdraws
- cams
- nuts
- pitons
- two half ropes (suitable for multi pitch climbing and mountaineering)
- slings
- hammer
- climbing shoes
- climbing chalk
Emotions were present coz we climbed traditional style but we didn't take any falls so this gave us an added feeling of victory. Our next trip here will be dedicated to climbing the third tower - the tallest, most difficult and exposed.
Photos and videos below taken with phone camera.
Enjoy outdoors!
Hiking on a creek
Invitation to rock climbing
Brasov - our home city
Shooting the landscape from a birch
The towers and their walls
Hanging on a fir tree at the steep base of the tower
Gear
Georgel topping out
How high are we?
Preparing for rappel
Multi pointed middle tower (the one we climbed)
Our glory meal: country style sausages, fresh cheese, potato bread and garlic
Notice the towers in the left of the photo
We descended with our headlamps on
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