Ondra goes A Muerte
Adam Ondra has returned to Spain and Siurana. This time he crushed Richard Simpson's bouldery two finger pocket horror, A muerte, 9a, in 3 tries, for its fastest ascent to date. When Adam was in Spain last month, his goal was making the 2nd ascent of Chris Sharma's Golpe de estado, when he was shut down because of bad weather and a small [...]
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 first repeat. This one was [...]
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 news worthy sends to report? [...]
Boy-Roca in Montserrat
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 mean? In this case only [...]
Humildes pa casa, 8c
[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 some stamina for the long [...]
Demencia Senil, 9a+
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.
Videos from Spain and Catalonia
[singlepic id=107 w=495 h=400 float=center] Screenshot from Chris Sharma: The Legacy Continues by the PranaCollective Are you planning your next climbing trip and you are not sure about the destination? You don’t know if Spain and Catalonia will cover your expectations? Here you’ve got some audiovisual references where you can see the type of routes and climbing you can find [...]
Spanish climbing blog-roll
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 worth a visit. It's quite [...]