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“Diedros Mágicos”, 6a (E1)
Keeping a promise I made to myself this season, I set off for the Puig Campana with Craig Naylor to climb a route on this awesome mountain. I have always wondered why I drive all over the Costa Blanca climbing, when this great venue is on my door step. This was to be my third route on the mountain, and we had selected “Diedros Mágicos”, 6a (E1).
The route is Continue Reading →
Last week’s multi-pitch adventure led us to “Cabezon de Oro” near Busot where we climbed the route “Espolón Paiju”, 5+ (HVS), 7 pitches. The crux pitch is a 35 meter traverse graded 5+ / A1 – free 6b. It’s an awesome, but exposed pitch which keeps the adventure for both – leader and second.
The “Puig Campana” is Finestrat’s greatest mountain and a prominent landmark on the Costa Blanca. It provides an excellent location for a broad variety of activities for outdoor enthusiasts due to its heights of 1,410 meters and its location of only 10 kilometres away from the Mediterranean.
The mountain is shrouded in legends, the most famous of which tells the story of the French Continue Reading →
Very nice and warm day in October at the Sierra de Toix Sea Cliffs. We climbed the routes “Magical Mystery Tour”, HVS 5a and “Parle”, 6a+ under perfect climbing conditions.
As I headed for Alicante, I expected loads of older people, tourist traps with poor food, but also a wide variety of climbing opportunities. Traveling alone this time, I also knew I might have a challenge meeting climbers, due to the fact that I stayed in a touristy district. However, one evening in a cheesy karaoke bar, some young people recommended me to contact Continue Reading →
The “Morro deToix”, known by climbers as well as “Sierra de Toix”, is a natural wall between the beaches of Calpe in the North and Altea in the South. Geologically Continue Reading →
