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 [...]
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 [...]
[singlepic id=108 w=500 h=400 float=center] Nalle working Humildes pa casa, 8c. Photo from Nalles blog. A couple of days ago I was going through my RSS-feeds and saw a new post by Nalle Hukkataival, the strong Finish boulderer with FA up to 8C. Now he is visiting Catalonia in northern Spain and trying to build [...]
Today has appeared on the net Iker's Pou footage on his last 9a+ sent: Demencia Senil. In Margalef. IKER POU - DEMENCIA SENIL (MONTAJE 2.1) from jordi canyigueral on Vimeo. Demencia Senil is a short route, graded 9a+ and first ascended by Chris Sharma some months ago. Iker Pou has done the 2nd repeat.
It's well known that Catalunya, the Basque Country, Arragón, Valencian country, Madrid, Andalucía, Galicia and all the other regions of Spain have lots of rock, lots of crags. Some are 5 star, some others are very small in comparison to El Chorro, Margalef, Siurana or Rodellar. But there are some others -less international- that are [...]
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 [...]
We've written a little about the bouldering we have here in Catalonia in the north east of Spain. Shown some photos. Trying to get our friends from abroad to come here to boulder with us. Then out of nowhere "Outside - the bouldering movie" shows up featuring some of the coolest bouldering areas in Catalonia! [...]
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 [...]
The new airport in Lleida (Alguaire), has been opened recently to the public. That's good news for the territory and good news for all climbers arround the world! From the airport, very close to Lleida, you can reach world class climbing destinations in less than 2h by car: Rodellar, Riglos, Santa Linya, Margalef, Cornudella de [...]
Climbing in Malanyeu, 1 hour north of Barcelona. Amazing rock quality! Click to see the photo in a bigger size. These last weeks have been pretty crazy. I'm in the middle of getting my company and my travel agency (which Climb in Spain is a part of) up and going. So instead of climbing I've [...]