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.
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.
Yesterday, Markus Jung repeated Richard Simpson's A Muerte at Siurana, 8c+/9a, a route that's quickly becoming a hard core classic. After the FA, Richard described the route: "The route I climbed is about 20 metres long. It starts with a nasty one finger pocket, on a wall that overhangs about 25 degrees. You climb 10 [...]
Last week, Iker Pou once again visited the Lleida crags. Andoni Perez reports, he first made quick work, as in two tries, of Full Equipe, ~8c, at Oliana, a route bolted by Victor Fernandez, before moving on to Margalef and the Hermita sector, where he polished off the pocket race Abanico de cristal, 8c, for its [...]
UK Climbing and The Low Down has some excellent information about what has happened in Catalonia in the northeastern part of Spain this last week. UK Climbing: Bolger 9a, Ojeda 8c, Andrada 9a+ and Sharma The Low Down: Ramonet climbs new 8c+ Cataluña report Cataluña II Sharma climbs First Ley, 9a+ Do you have any [...]
Björn Pohl of my native Sweden runs maybe the most up-to-date climbing news blog in the world: The Low Down. Yesterday he posted a really nice interview with local climber Iker Pou who just did the second ascent of Sharmas route Demencia senil, 9a+ in Margalef. We climbed in the sector next to the Laboratori [...]