Near the end of the my 3 months in Europe I decided to take a trip to Prague in the Czech Republic. While staying in a hostel I met with someone who was willing to share a rental car and we drove it north to Snezku Peak and on to Cesky Raj where we did some great climbing. Patrick had purchased my ticket to Prague and after spending another long night in the airport (Geneva is a terrible airport to sleep in) I was off to Czech. I had heard good things about Prague so I was excited to be heading in this direction. I arrived on a very hot day in Prague and headed to my hostel. I found navigating the subways and buses quite easy, maybe I'm getting used to this! I was also super excited to find that bus fare was very cheap. I arrived at the hostel and put all my stuff in my new room, it was a nice room with big windows and a good bed. It would take a little while to get healed from all the days of sleeping in the car!
While in the hostel I met some nice people including some Canadians who were traveling around Eastern Europe which is the way to go if you want to save money! They were climbers and were excited to see if their was any climbing around town. Searching on the internet I found several places which looked fun and we headed off. The Boulder Bar was our target, its suppose to be a bar with a bouldering wall in it. That sounds fun. The only problem is its not where its supposed to be! We spent the morning looking for it and stumbled upon a different gym through a back alleyway. We climbed in town as well at a place called Hlubocepy Platy. No ropes though so it was only bouldering. It was interesting to note how my travels had changed my perception of heights. I was climbing and didn't really feel any fear at all of my height however the guys were admitting openly to their fear of how high they were. I hadn't noticed the change but then I could see it.
While in the hostel I met some nice people including some Canadians who were traveling around Eastern Europe which is the way to go if you want to save money! They were climbers and were excited to see if their was any climbing around town. Searching on the internet I found several places which looked fun and we headed off. The Boulder Bar was our target, its suppose to be a bar with a bouldering wall in it. That sounds fun. The only problem is its not where its supposed to be! We spent the morning looking for it and stumbled upon a different gym through a back alleyway. We climbed in town as well at a place called Hlubocepy Platy. No ropes though so it was only bouldering. It was interesting to note how my travels had changed my perception of heights. I was climbing and didn't really feel any fear at all of my height however the guys were admitting openly to their fear of how high they were. I hadn't noticed the change but then I could see it.