Lost in the Forest - Rock Climbing in the Frankenjura
The old city centre of Nuremburg on a drizzly morning After the best part of two weeks in Paris, my European work trip ended with a visit to the Siemens offices in Erlangen in Germany on a Friday. Fortunately for me, Erlangen is just on the edge of the Frankenjura, a legendary climbing area which is home to the red point and Action Directe, the world’s first 9a. The main market square, a good place for a breakfast pretzel I had hoped that Jeremy would be able to join me but he was busy with a Buck’s party at Hossegor. As Kate was in Australia with the girls and the temperatures in Dubai were touching 50 deg C, I decided that it was still worthwhile to check out the Frankenjura even though I didn’t have a climbing partner. Compared to the Fiat, a much more masculine Golf out front of the apartment in Wolfsberg and you can just one of the many crags in the Frankenjura in the distance After my meeting finished, I picked up ...