Santa Linya closed until 1st of August
XESCA, the climber coalition of Catalunya, informs us that the Santa Linya cave is closed until 1st of August due to archaeological works. Please respect this.
Ramonet makes 2nd ascent of Era bella
Ramon Julian Puigblanque, has made the second ascent of Era bella, Chris Sharma's recently opened 50m rig in the La Visera de la coma sector at Margalef. After messing it up a bit on the first couple of tries, Ramonet then pulled himself together and did it on his 3rd go.
Enzo Oddo repeats Victimas Perez
Enzo Oddo has done it again. After five 9a-ish routes last year, Enzo has now done the first for the year by making the 3rd ascent of Victimas Perez, 9a, in the Raco de la finestra sector at Margalef. The route basically consists of a 30m of steep left traversing wall climb, roughly ~8c+ in its own right, up to a spicy [...]
Rodellar – a different experience…
Finger injury caught in action Finally I had a break from work and managed to time up with a fellow Swede visiting Spain to visit Rodellar. With Monday being a bank holiday in Barcelona and the high season in Rodellar in full swing, Friday night was sure to bring a big crowd. The plan was to climb a lot Thursday [...]
Sharma’s new project: Home improvements
I had a brief chat with Chris Sharma today, basically just to check what's up. Chris says it seems like the season is kinda finished in the Laborati sector at Margalef "So FRFM will have to wait till the fall. At this point I feel I've had plenty of time and am more than happy for others to get on [...]
Calders – short and steep
If you stay in Barcelona and want to climb really steep limestone the best (or only?) option is Calders. Next to the little village there are about a 100 steep and hard routes mainly in the 6c to 8b range. There are easier climbs but I suspect the best routes are 7c or harder. The rock quality on the overhangs [...]
Taste menu: Sadernes
25 degrees last weekend, almost one week of sun and warm weather. The snow in the mountains is melting… Spring is right here! So today we are presenting you this crag, which is perfect for this season, Sadernes. Sadernes is part of a very small town in the northeast of Catalunya called Sales de Llierca, in the region of la [...]
Totxo de Ponent
Totxo de Ponent is a small sector on the south face of Montserrat. With only 12 routes that are fairly short, 10-20 meters of actual climbing, it might seem like a not so interesting sector to choose for a day of climbing (especially compared to everything else on the south face of Montserrat). Well, as it turns out basically [...]