i cracked a 6b+ !

What a successful day! I led the 6b+ today (that i mentioned in my last blog, getting half way up it). i did take on the rope at a few quickdraws but i got up it. i did the crux first time when i just committed to the move and was very releived to find a hidden crimp hold next to the next bolt! the route was 27 metres and pretty strenuous so im probably quite far from leading it clean. shame i cant try it again in a week! then in the afternoon we did the 5 pitch multipitch, with 6 of us. we got there just after a chinese pair had started on the first pitch. they didnt really know what they were doing and took ages. the climbing was nice and easy apart from the last pitch that felt exposed a you moved over a vertical drop. we all met on the last belay point after i had sorted out the chinese guys prussik so it actually worked! they also only had one rope when you needed 2 ropes for a 50 m free hanging absail! so we untyed their rope for them! eventually we got to abseil but it got dark as we did so. the abseil was awesome. really wicked views of all the limestone karsts in the distance, the sky red behind them, and the river with bamboo rafts going up and down. next we walked through a cave to the other side of the karst and abseiled from there to the ground. it was now pitch dark and again i had forgotten my headtorch so a good cycle back to camp! its matts birthday today so the multipitch was a big thing for him, especially as he is scared of heights and looked very pale on a free-hanging belay point!
one day left of climbing and i have 2 projects for tomorrow. lets hope my confidence lasts! perhaps i am finally making a bit of progress!!

Yangshuo, China