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 this weekend and it is [...]
New bouldering movie from Spain
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! La Comarca, Savassona, The Quarry, [...]
Climbing in Vilanova de Meià
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 spot to climb in a [...]
New airport in Lleida
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 Montsant, Oliana... From February 2nd [...]
All work, no play
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 been signing papers, traveling all [...]
Escalar – 40 places to boulder in Spain
[singlepic id=104 w=320 h=240 float=right]After a couple of years away my recent visit to Savassona brought the good feeling of bouldering bac. I've already promised myself to aim for quite a few days of bouldering this year and given the current cold spell of Spain it seems like an excellent choice. Information in English about bouldering in Spain is a [...]
Cold days…
Hey! This last week and current days have been very cold. We had to handle with snow, wind and very low temperatures in order to climb. Luckily, most of the walls are south faced and dressed with our coats, gloves, hats and with some hot tea in our thermal bottles, we managed to climb. Some catalan blogs show us pictures [...]
Montgrony – tufa paradise!
After hearing a lot about Montgrony the last year or so we finally made a visit to this legendary climbing area earlier this week. We where blown away. It's not big, about 300 routes in total, but the quality of the climbing is just fantastic. To fully enjoy the venue I would say it's good to be comfortable on the [...]