Les Bruixes, Terradets, Catalonia from Jonas Wiklund on Vimeo. Swedish climber/photografer Jonas Wiklund visited Les Bruixes in Terradets for 10 days of climbing. He has compiled some of his photos into this really nice slideshow. He has also written an article in Swedish over att Borrbult.nu. More of Jonas photos can be found on his [...]
Last week my friend Joakim and I had a fun day up on the impressing wall Paret de les Bagasses in Terradets. We wanted to a route all the way to the top so we choose Mescalina, 450 meters and 16 pitches. I would say that the route is perfectly bolted and really is a [...]
[singlepic id=13 w=500 h=400 float=center] Exciting news! We are about to set off on a new path here at Climb in Spain! Together with the owners of Cal Sant Miquel we are preparing week long climbing trips to the heart of Catalunya. The trips will include transfer, lodging and a guide that takes you to [...]
[singlepic id=149 w=320 h=240 float=center]The new guidebook for the Lleida-area is now finally here. And what a guidebook it is! Pete O'Donovan and Dani Andrada have put an amazing amount of work into the best looking guidebook I've ever seen. The book is a "selected climbs" guide and includes around 2000 bolted climbs on mostly [...]
After a lot of work and training this was supposed to be a good week of rock and relaxation. Oh, well, plenty of rock and plenty of relaxation. Unfortunately the finger that I hurt last week kept bugging me and the stress from work plus feeling a little sick left me without any energy. The [...]
A week of ups and downs. Slept well and could relax at the beginning of the week so the Tuesday session turned out really well. Then helped the neighbor with the olive harvest and did a lot of forest work to collect firewood. Combining this with Thursdays two climbing sessions made me mentally and physically [...]
[singlepic id=147 w=500 h=400 float=none] Name: Said Belhaj Nationality: Swedish (with Moroccan father and Finnish mother) Blog: saidbelhaj.petzlteam.com Age: 29, climbing since the age of 10. Sponsors: Petzl, La Sportiva, Peak Performance, Hilleberg, Maxim, Verve, Beal, Adidas Eyewear Other jobs: Musician in Treq -gnawa, Sound 212, Sagagnass Soundsystem, Giddabush etc… Talking to Said about climbing [...]
Monday morning and my forearms are dead. The mistake (from a climbing perspective) of the week was to go and play beach volleyball and enjoy a last day of the sand and sun before the winter. Thursdays training was hard and not having a proper rest day before the weekend took away any chance of [...]
[singlepic id=142 w=320 h=240 float=center] Climb in Spain is happy to present a new house in Margalef. Casa Vieja is an excellent budget option for a group of climbers wanting to stay together with prices around 10 €/person/night. The house sleeps up to 10 people. Interested? Read more about Casa Vieja!
Took a couple of days off at the beginning of the week to relax before starting a long weekend of work. With friends of Sweden we first found probably one of the few dry crags in Catalunya on Tuesday and then we headed down to Margalef where I join them climbing for one day before [...]