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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Bunol

February 28, 2015by Dominic 1 Comment

Heading gently north we stopped in at Bunol – another of the top 60 crags. … Bunol is most famed for the tomato festival when tens of thousands of people […]

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El Picayo

February 26, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Another good crag in a spectacular setting. Just a couple of dozen routes, but mostly 35m long and in a beautiful valley. Toasty too!

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Cocentaina

February 24, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

One of the finds of the trip, Cocentaina is an orange splash of highly featured rock on an otherwise grey hillside. Not much in the way of warm ups, but […]

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Valencia & Costa Blanca

Barranc de L’Avern

February 23, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

We fancied exploring the hinterland around Alcoy for a few days – somewhere that had always seemed too long a drive for a day trip from the coast. We based […]

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Bolulla

February 22, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

After waving everyone off towards flights back to Blighty, it was time to leave the coast and get back on the road. First stop was Bolulla – not the biggest […]

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Valencia & Costa Blanca

Cabezon d’Oro

February 19, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

The Cabezon d’oro makes it into the top 60 crags in Donde Escalar, so we were overdue a visit. This impressive lump of rock dominates the skyline north of Alicante. […]

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More Alcalali capers

February 16, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Another repeat visit, this time to Alcalali, prompted by a threat of showers. We still managed a bunch of fine routes before beer o’clock and a visit to the Laurel […]

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Font d’Aixa take 2

February 15, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Font d’Aixa looked just the job for a gentle introduction to bolted climbing for some of our younger members, and Lucy, James and Ewan showed the rest of us how […]

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SunRoc2015 – week 2

February 14, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Out with the old, in with the new (some of which was even older!) Week 2 of sunrock kicked off with a great meal at El Secreto de Tomate, followed […]

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Valencia & Costa Blanca

Castellets de Calp

February 13, 2015by Dominic 1 Comment

A recent development on the back of Toix, we’d been tipped off about some soft touch grading. Three 7b onsights tells the story, but the quality of the climbing on […]

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Valencia & Costa Blanca

Echo 1.5

February 13, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

A big jolly team assembled at Echo 1.5 to enjoy the sunshine. Tucked in behind the Ponoch, the Echo crags enjoy stupendous views out over Pollop and onto Benidorm. At […]

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Sella sunshine

February 13, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

A quick check of the forecast suggested heading south for the sun. Sure enough, it was cracking the flags at Sella.

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Rucksack Club SunRock 2015

February 13, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Extended to 2 weeks to meet demand, the 2015 SunRock meet has arrived in Javea. A Swanky Villa – swankier now the heating is working, combined with great cooking, vast […]

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Pinos

February 11, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Pinos is a smallish crag with a number of handy attributes. South facing, sunny, sheltered and 2 mins from the road. With rain forecast inland and to the north, an […]

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Gandia – Sector TopDeckio

February 8, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Cracking the flags so headed for Gandia, but chose sector TopDeckio as somewhere we hadn’t been before. Good decision with a cooling breeze and unpolished rock, away from the crowds. […]

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Wave one of the Rucksack Club invasion

February 8, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

An inauspicious damp day at Alcalali wasn’t the ideal way to kick off the 2015 sunrock trip, but weary arrivals made it to the crag after 4am starts and at […]

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Penya Roca – Lliber

February 8, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

A chilly but bright day could perhaps have been better spent resting – at least if the twinges in both our elbows are anything to go by!

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Font d’axia

February 8, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Not the greatest crag in the world, but set in a gorgeous and remote feeling valley, font d’axia is well worth a visit. There’s even a topo on a sign […]

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Mula

February 8, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

Mula lies just to the north of the Serra d’Espuna. Sector Ferrari, overlooking the motorway, has great steep routes on very featured rock. Probably the best route is a 6a+ […]

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Pliego – is this the worst crag in Spain?

February 8, 2015by Dominic Leave a comment

A rest day and damp weather. Why not suss out a crag? Pliego turns out to be possibly the worst crag in Spain. Couldn’t quite help ourselves from doing a […]

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