Week 3 – More endurance
3rd week of training has come to and end and I'm very tired. Great feeling! If I just had my old office job waiting for me tomorrow morning... ahh, a cup of coffee and a day of hours reading up on what friends from around the world has climbing during the weekend. Well, not happening, now when I have my [...]
Week 1 & 2 – Getting into training
After roughly 10 years of climbing I've decided to try something new - training for climbing! I must say it feels really fun as well as quite odd to go indoors and pull on plastic when I live right in the heart of probably the best area for climbing on earth with only minutes to the closest sectors of fantastic [...]
LLeida Climbs – new guidebook for western Catalonia
Some truly excellent and exciting news: The guidebook that Pete O'Donovan and Dani Andrada has been working on for the Lleida region is soon out for sale! The area covered by the guidebook is one of the best sport climbing areas anywhere in the world. The book is 332 pages thick and covers > 1900 climbs in 21 climbing areas. [...]
E-Bloc – bouldering guide to Spain
Looking for a good bouldering destination with stable weather this winter? Come here to Spain and try some of our excellent bouldering areas! With the guidebook E-Bloc you get a good introduction to some of the best areas down here. These areas are covered: Targasonne (Selected climbs only) Savassona Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Belianes/Malda Cervia El Cogul Albarracin La Pedriza [...]
New house in Cornudella
[singlepic id=130 w=500 h=300 float=center] The view from the house in Cornudella Ah, finally the cold temps are closing in on Spain! Today it is 10 C colder here than just one week ago making at least my climbing psyche getting really worked up! The summer has been hot and hard with most days between 30 C and 40 C. [...]
Tossa – Deep Water Solo in Costa Brava
Tranki resting before the crux on the 7a+ Just outside of the little coastal town of Tossa de Mar in Costa Brava, about 1½ hours north of Barcelona, some pretty fun Deep Water Solo/Psicobloc can be found. The rock is pretty grainy granite but with the closeness to water some of the holds are a little smother making it not [...]
New house in Rodellar!
[singlepic id=124 w=500 h=400 float=center] Looking for the best lodging option for your Rodellar stay? We are happy to present two very nice apartment in the center of the village - only minutes away from the closest climbing sectors! The house is beautiful and the flats are in excellent shape with big terraces, good kitchens, TV, AC, fireplaces, heating, comfortable [...]
Car rental?
During the spring we had question about where and how to find the best rental car deals. I have found that Irish company Carhire 3000 offers a really good search engine and normally can find the best deals so that's what I normally recommend. In fact, for a two months trip to the US a few years back we rented [...]