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Malta 2007

I have spent the last week in Gozo at a town called Xlendi. Pronounced Shlendy. I met a few great people there and got to finally do some absolutely incredible deep water soloing!! The climbing is astonishing here especially because the rock is world class, high, and strong and there is nobody else around on it. I didn't see a single climber the entire time that I didn't go with! It is awesome...awesome...great! I went back because I really liked the atmosphere and met some great people. By the way for those who don't know what deep water soloing is it is climbing the sheer cliffs with no ropes and only the water to stop your fall. Thanks a ton to Carmen and her brother for their awesome hospitality and showing me around the country. That dog will like me yet!
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This is a guy I met in Xlendi (Paul) we did a bunch of climbing and when I get to Germany hopefully we are going to meet up and drive to Amsterdam!
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This is a guy I met in Xlendi (Paul) we did a bunch of climbing and when I get to Germany hopefully we are going to meet up and drive to Amsterdam!

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  • This is a view from the place I stayed at of Xlendi. The town is really small and this is most of it.
  • Went climbing for my first time to try deep water soloing and my inexperience got me this before I even got my whole body onto the rock heh.
  • This is a guy I met in Xlendi (Paul) we did a bunch of climbing and when I get to Germany hopefully we are going to meet up and drive to Amsterdam!
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  • Paul climbing a really fun route. I would imagine this section probably goes at 5.10 or 5.11 for the traverse across but it was much more enjoyable just to drop in from here.
  • Getting out of the water is the tricky part. The rocks at water level are super sharp as my leg will attest.
  • The Azure Window, Dwerja, Gozo
  • Fungus Rock with Azure Window behind it. They call it Fungus Rock because there is a fungus that grows only on that rock that has been known to have curing properties. They believe it to be Magical.
  • I stepped to see if the camera was ready to shoot and it took my picture! ha. I liked it though so this is the picture of me in Gozo.
  • Goodbye Gozo! Seya again soon perhaps!
  • Oh and it was a really long way down...This was the highest spot we jumped from on this wall but where Paul is standing when he took this photo we jumped about 10 feet higher.
  • Here I am hovering above the water. Preparing for my impact
  • Xlendi bay climbing. There is a plethora of routes. Most unclimbed! Can you spot the climber ? (me)
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  • A morning lap up this 5.9 was always fun. The cave is another route and I got most of the way you can see in the photo before coming off. Much to the delight of an English lady who waited patiently with her camera.
  • Divers go into a world famous diving spot. Blue Hole under the Azure Window.
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