Said Belhaj – climbing nomad
[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 and his life on the [...]
Week 7 – trying harder
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 being able to send anything [...]
New house in Margalef
[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!
Week 6 – Margalef and work…
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 driving home. Then a powerful [...]
Short interview with Magnus “la nueva Maquina” Midtbø
Name: Magnus Midtbø (22), Family: Mother, Father, 2 full sieblings, and 2 half sieblings. Girlfriend: Sasha Digiulian, Lives: Norway/USA/Spain, Sponsors: Mammut, Frictionwalls and AAK. The Norwegian Magnus Midtbo (22) is without a doubt one of the world’s top climbers at this point. Just recently he did the ss to Ali Hulk extension, 9b (video here), and he has been lining [...]
Week 5 – energy!
The week started by a second climbing day in Margalef, then back home for work and two days of training and then a weekend of climbing. In total, 3 days on rock and 2 days of plastic. This week was the first that I felt that I started to recover between training sessions. Very good feeling! Getting into climbing training, [...]
Week 4 – Tired…
Week 4 of my training at McPlaf started with me being... tired. 5 days of climbing with that volume of moves was just too much for me. I know from experience that I don't have fitness enough to go full out for 3 days or patience enough to climb a little easier for 3 days straight. So Tuesdays training found [...]
Rent a car in Spain?
Last couple of weeks we've had quite a few booking requests for our houses and studios and the most attractive lodgings are filling up fast. If you are looking for a place to stay during your climbing vacation, let us know and we will try to help you. A friendly reminder: If you are flying into Spain and need to [...]