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September 30 05:55am. The alarm sounds, shocking me from a slumber cut short. We have to drive two and a half hours to reach Albenga from our base in Asti to partake in our very first 24 hour climbing marathon, the 24H SufferFest and, for us, it seems more like 36 hours with all the road time!<\/p>\n

11:00am: The horn sounds and each of the 20 teams rush off in their own directions to begin the marathon. Our strategy: climb right to left, ticking as many pitches as we can on the way. Seems like a sound plan to close as many pitches as we possibly can, right?<\/p>\n

12:30pm: After realizing that the first four pitches we climbed – 6c’s and 7a’s – are not on the competition list, we are chastened and revise our strategy accordingly. Time to get moving!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n