An Evening on Windgather

The sun is getting lower in the sky with each passing week. Today the sky was blue, the clock clicked to 16:00 and my laptop lid closed.  Around 40 minutes later I was tying the laces on my rock boots, at the foot of Windgather rocks.


I'd not been to Windgather in over 5 years, a quick check of the guide showed the routes I won't be doing tonight.  For the next two hours I climbed the routes from left to right, taking time to savour the setting sun.


I ended up soling 30 routes, quite a haul and not what I had set out to do.  I sat as the sun set, it's many months since I'd just climbed and it was fantastic.