Montserrat: multi-pitch route “Vendetta” at Roca Ponent, Vinya Nova
Topo from www.tibalifort.blogspot.com On a sunny November Friday we head to the magnificent Roca Ponent in the area called Vinya Nova on the South Face of Montserrat to climb the sports multi-pitch route "Vendetta". We park the car at the spacious parking just below the Restaurant Vinya Nova (5 minutes' drive from both villages El Bruc and Collbató): the [...]
From Sweden to Montserrat
Last week we were glad to welcome Joakim from Sweden, who wanted to discover something new for him. He is an experienced climber, but had never tasted the special kind of rock we have got here: conglomerate! Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that contains large rounded clasts. The space between the clasts is generally filled with smaller particles and/or [...]
Beautiful Montserrat
Beautiful view from the sector El Vermell del Xincarró at the end of the climbing day
Delight climbing in Camarasa
A view of the canyon, climbing sectors on the right This year autumn seems to have no intention to arrive... here in Catalonia we still have a lot of sun and days with 23 degrees at noon... Well, that's not bad to have a relaxing day on the beach, or... to enjoy climbing in the shade in nice [...]
ROCKtober is here!
Margalef, Finestres sector Hi to everybody! October is starting, the best month for climbing here in Catalonia and the beginning of a long climbing season, lasting to the end of June. Yes, because autumn, winter and spring are all very good for tasting a little bit of Spanish rock. Now the weather is amazing, the days not too short [...]
House in Targasonne
Looking for a good place to stay while bouldering in the excellent granite area known as The Chaos of Targasonne? Look no further, the Gite Chaos is what you're looking for! Open last year and located only a kilometer from the bouldering this is the perfect basecamp for your bouldering vacation. If you're interested, please send the friendly owner Roberto [...]
Climbing on Ibiza
We received a mail from The Climb Ibiza team regarding their new web page: We visited your page today and thought you could possibly be interested in linking a page which we are currently working on: climbibiza.wikidot.com/ It contains route information, crags, deep water soloing info and general information about climbing in Ibiza. The site is a wiki, so [...]
Video: Monrebei Masters
Our guides was quite busy last winter. Climbing a lot and putting up a couple of new long traditional routes in the impressive Monrebei-area. Now Lisi and Salva have put together a little film from their adventures. Thank you very much for sharing! This is a wild area and it's not often you find interesting videos from climbing here. More [...]