hello everybody.

hope your all doing well and the weather is great for you. we are now in hampi. great to be back here. i was here 6 and a half years ago and this is the first time for the others. i cant believe how much it has changed since i was here last. its wild. when i was here years ago, i would be the only climber out, maybe me and who ever i found at the guest houses that were here for the same reason. now, theres a whole guest house for climbers! when we go out to climb there are dozens of people out. and chalk EVERYWHERE! i cant believe it. and thats only the climbers every morning, where ever you look, you'll see somebody out on a rock with a camera waiting for sunrise, of some body doing yoga on a boulder. its crazy. there used to be monkeys and sadus out here, now just stoned climbers and yoga'ers with indian drug dealers looking for the next same. a little dissapointing but still pretty cool. its a beautiful and that cant be taken away.

the climbing is really nice. feels great for all of us to get soem exercise and muscle strain. climbing from 630am to about 900, then coffee and reading during the day and usually slack lining from 200 till 400 and then maybe more climbing. pretty nice lifestyle. but oh man. 2 and a half months of hot weather and high humidity and no climbing has made all of our fingers like a babys bottom. josh has been pissed cause we'll seriously get 6 climbs in and then our skin will be SCREAMING!!! haha. doesnt help that he doesnt get coffee till were climbing. haha. but as the days go the skin gets used to it again and the sessions last longer and longer. sams cousin juroska met up with us in goa and travelled with us to hampi and has been trying her hand at climbing. think shes enjoyed it. shes leaving today for bombay, we'll miss her.

so thats about it for now. just climbing and relaxing. probably leave her in the next week... for where? were not sure yet. oh! my camera has bit the dust! sucks. wont even turn on! so no pics for a while. at least not till we find a new one some where. anyways. hope your all well. lots of love to everyone.

LUKE