Another good weekend of climbing started with a bouldering session on sandstone in Savassona, a day on granite in Solious on Saturday and finally another amazing Montserrat-adventure on Sunday. Clipping the first bolt Adventure route? But isn't it bolted? Yes indeed, like many of the routes in Montserrat it is bolted. But what does this [...]
Last week I went with some friends to climb in the huge cliffs of Vilanova de Meià. Vilanova de Meià is a very small village near Lleida. It may go unnoticed by most but it is well known to climbers because of its large amount of rock. The crag itself, and it's surrondings, can be a [...]
Another nice Montserrat sunset. Click the photo to see the needle we climbed. After a year living in Barcelona and about 30 days of climbing and 10 days of hiking in Montserrat time finally came to try one of the magic needles this crazy little mountain has to offer. As always I turn to Pere [...]
[singlepic id=61 w=500 h=float=center] Albert Cortes [nggallery id=11] Paco Rey repeating his own route, Radical Lliure, in Montrebei. Montrebei is the mecca for hard traditional climbing in Spain. The grade of Radical Lliure is 7b R. An interview with Paco is coming soon.
The village of Perles as seen from the crags [nggallery id=4] In the northern part of the province of Catalonia, in the comarca Alt Urgell, lays a small village named Perles. The area of Alt Urgell holds an immense amount of climbing but the question is not if the cliffs above Perles has the highest [...]
The author on the magnificent traverse on the third pitch After reading this inspiring blog post, the route Redrum above the village Àger was the route of choice for our Saturday of climbing. We left Terrassa Friday night and finally arrived an hour after midnight to the base of the walls. Slept by the side [...]
The Spanish Heavyweight Climbing Team, consisting of me and Linder, another 90 kg Swede living in Spain, decided on a date in Riglos. Having previously climbed together in Margalef and Montserrat the goal was now to find a good mix of the two: 300 meter long, steep and bolted routes.