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Sharing motivations
Sunny afternoon, after a relaxed day of sport climbing, we feel tired enough to enjoy a beer; while our table has already few bottles, the conversations starts from the motivation of this beautiful day to [...]
Montserrat mystical climbing
Another sunny and beautiful morning, its Thursday and we’re enjoying May as a great month for rock climbing… We decide to meet here as a day of work, we should talk about [...]
“Once you discover Spain as a climbing destination you don’t want to go anywhere else!”
I fell in love with Montserrat at first sight
“Really missing you guys down there – i could have stayed with you for some more days/weeks”
“Gracias gracias gracias for organizing everything today! I had the best time with Isaac, very patient and chill, he picked the perfect routes. and he brought lots of good snacks! I will for sure recommend you and your guides to all my climbing friends in Canada and London”
A Montserrat needle
Another nice Montserrat sunset. Click the photo to see the needle we climbed. After a year living in Barcelona and about 30 days of climbing and 10 days of hiking in Montserrat time finally came [...]
Tufas in Margalef
The author on tufas in Margalef. Photo: Fredrik Nyberg If I have to choose one place in the world to go sport climbing, my vote is on Margalef. I just love everything about this little [...]
Radical Lliure – the hardest route in Montrebei?
[singlepic id=61 w=500 h=float=center] Albert Cortes [nggallery id=11] Paco Rey repeating his own route, Radical Lliure, in Montrebei. Montrebei is the mecca for hard traditional climbing in Spain. The grade of Radical Lliure is 7b [...]
Taste Menu: Montserrat South Face
A lone climber on the left part of sector Vermell de Xincarró. Click the photo for help locating the climber. Are you planning a visit to Montserrat in the near future? Within a month, temperatures [...]
Good winter sectors in the Costa Daurada-area
Two climbers climbing in the El Falco sector at Arboli Kathrin from Germany sent me an e-mail: Can you recommend some crags with nice routes between 6b and 7b (Siurana or elsewhere in the near) that [...]
Best time of year to climb in Spain
Unless you come to Spain more for the beaches than for the climbing, there are some golden rules to follow when planning your climbing trip to Spain: 1/ Summer is too warm. Big parts of [...]
Hard sends in Catalonia!
Paco Rey working Falconetti, 8b+, in Montsant. He managed to send it in May, just before the summer heat. It's the time of the year when the weather for the big sends have arrived here [...]
One step forward, one step back
My friend Jules sent me a message regarding one of the houses that I visited last week in the Siurana-area. We stayed in the Pla de Castell house near Cornudella last April, and it was [...]
More apartments and houses added!
Last week I spent a couple of days climbing and looking for apartments, hotels and houses in the Siurana & Costa Daurada-area to collaborate with. It was a very nice trip and I have now [...]