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Yesterday, Markus Jung repeated Richard Simpson's A Muerte at Siurana, 8c+/9a, a route that's quickly becoming a hard core classic. After the FA, Richard described the route: "The route I climbed is about 20 metres long. It starts with a nasty one finger pocket, on a wall that overhangs about 25 degrees. You climb 10 [...]

By |2010-04-05T12:27:00+01:00April 5th, 2010|News|0 Comments

Instant Iker action

Last week, Iker Pou once again visited the Lleida crags. Andoni Perez reports, he  first made quick work, as in two tries, of Full Equipe, ~8c, at Oliana, a route bolted by Victor Fernandez, before moving on to Margalef and the Hermita sector, where he polished off the pocket race Abanico de cristal, 8c, for its [...]

By |2010-03-08T11:13:34+01:00March 8th, 2010|News|1 Comment

Catalonia news

UK Climbing and The Low Down has some excellent information about what has happened in Catalonia in the northeastern part of Spain this last week. UK Climbing: Bolger 9a, Ojeda 8c, Andrada 9a+ and Sharma The Low Down: Ramonet climbs new 8c+ Cataluña report Cataluña II Sharma climbs First Ley, 9a+ Do you have any [...]

By |2020-09-07T14:44:28+01:00March 7th, 2010|News|0 Comments

Iker Pou interview

Björn Pohl of my native Sweden runs maybe the most up-to-date climbing news blog in the world: The Low Down. Yesterday he posted a really nice interview with local climber Iker Pou who just did the second ascent of Sharmas route Demencia senil, 9a+ in Margalef. We climbed in the sector next to the Laboratori [...]

By |2010-02-08T00:52:13+01:00February 8th, 2010|News|0 Comments