Srbsko - Limestone Climbing

We had great intentions to go climbing on Sunday, July 17th. Everything planned, ready to hit the cliff.

Sunday came, we both looked at the clock and went - another hour in bed won't hurt. The day was starting great ! With a salami omelette in our stomachs we marched down to the main Praha train station to catch the 11:25am express train to Srbsko. To our suprise it wasn't that complicated & we jumped on a very nice train (better than CityRail has to offer) for
90Kc (< $5AUD) for all three of us. We passed some very dodgy train stations - you wouldn't like to be there at night :-(. Thirty seven minutes later (yes, they run on time) we arrived at the Srbsko platform & trudged across the river, passed the local pub and wandered down the flat track along the river for about 20-30 minutes until we arrived at 'Alkazar' (http://www.czechclimbing.com/pruvodcx.php?key=83). We asked a few of the locals for the beta & hoped we weren't sandbagged. We managed 3 climbs:-

1. Hari Krisna * (5-) - bottom right picture - about 15
2. Plentakuv Darek Detem ** (5) - top right - about 16/17
3. Pres Prilep ** (5) - top left, we did a little more than N - about 17/18

Our confidence on limestone got better as the day went on. Very slick indeed. We'll definitely go back next weekend for another session - much to the delight of N :-)

Last but not least - the 'Pub'. Remember the days of Mt Vic. Picture this - good service, close to the river, pivo for less than a dollar AUD for 500mL & bowl of chips under 1 AUD. Definitely more value for money than Mt Vic (still angry getting charged 5 AUD for a beer). Could have stayed there longer but needed to catch the train home. Stay tuned for next expedition.....

M&J&N