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Monthly Archives: October 2016

Foradada de Toscar

October 31, 2016by Dominic 1 Comment

​This crag went a long way to making up for the disappointment of Bielsa – another great find, situated right next to the road, and with a great range of […]

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Aragon, Spain

Bielsa – sector camping  (more like sector disappointment)

October 30, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

​Having been toasted yesterday, we decided to head up the valley to gain altitude and a bit of coolth. The “sector camping”  at Bielsa, about 15km south of the French […]

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Aragon, Spain

Into the Aragonian Pyrenees

October 29, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

​With the stunning weather set to continue for at least another week, we decided to get some altitude to hopefully enjoy cooler temperatures. We’ve set up camp near Ainsa on […]

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Aragon, Spain

Navarra and a trip to San Fausto

October 27, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

​After our whistle stop tour of the best couple of crags in La Rioja we passed through Navarra and the city of Pamplona on our way to our rendezvous with […]

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Navarra and Basque Country, Spain

Anguilano

October 26, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

​The other crag recommended in La Rioja is Anguilano. Like Clavio, this dominates the eponymous village, but rather than a conglomerate muffin it offers a huge swathe of clean-cut slab […]

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Navarra and Basque Country, Spain

Into Rioja – Climbing at Clavio

October 24, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

​Heading east, we drop over the tail end of the Cantabrian range and stop briefly in the southern Basque country, or Pais Vasques. Everything changes, from landscape to architecture, and […]

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Navarra and Basque Country, Spain

Berodia

October 23, 2016by Dominic 1 Comment

…well, we did make it back through the tunnel – though a slight asymmetry in the van roof meant we had to let the tyres down for an extra inch […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Cuevas del Mar

October 22, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

After a peaceful night parked up high above Los Beyos, the arrival of the local hunt prompted an early start – how were we to know we’d camped in their […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

A month of Roca Verde

October 22, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

​After a month in the crags around the Cantabrian mountains, we’re finally moving out of the range of the Roca Verde guide. We’ve visited almost 20 new crags, and still […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Fuentes de Penacorada and back over the Picos

October 21, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

For our last day in Leon we checked out this beautiful gem of a crag, climbing on limestone fins next to a babbling stream and only 2 minutes from the […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Into Leon and two trips to Valdehuesa

October 21, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Heading back east from our brief tour of Galicia, via the Sierra de la Culebra which has the highest wolf population in Europe, we have arrived in Leon. The guidebook […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Valverdin-Pedrosa

October 19, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Another gorgeous day, and another gorgeous crag. Tucked away in a secluded valley running parallel to the main CL626, this kilometre-long crag has a couple of hundred routes that barely […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Santiago de Compostela 

October 16, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

The end of the pilgrim trail (apparently more than half a million pilgrims a year were visiting even  1,000 years ago!), we thought we should at least make the effort […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Galicia

October 15, 2016by Dominic 3 Comments

Galicia is the Spanish answer to Britttany and Cornwall – a granite bit that sticks out bravely into the full force of the Atlantic, with a proud Celtic history and […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

More Teverga

October 11, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

There really is more rock here than you can shake a clip stick at! Plenty of climbing for a week, with a major new sector each day (though to enjoy […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Quiros 

October 10, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Tucked away in the adjacent valley, Quiros is Teverga’s sister crag – only 15 minutes away, but different in many respects. About 20 sectors are scattered over the mountainside, somewhat […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Teverga – Spanish climbing’s best kept secret? 

October 8, 2016by Dominic 1 Comment

​A couple of hours drive west, and running south from the city of Oviedo, the Valles de Trubia are home to the two most important climbing ares in Asturias. Our […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Las Cabadas 

October 5, 2016by Dominic 4 Comments

At last, an overcast day. Not great for the photos, but much more conducive to climbing tricky routes.We went to Las Cabadas, a fairly minor crag and perhaps the least […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Poo de Cabrales – really not poo at all!

October 4, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

We’ve moved base around to the north of the Picos, near Arenas de Cabrales, having explored most of the crags in the Desfiladero de la Hermida. We’re rewarded with our […]

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Cares Gorge 

October 4, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

We’d run out of shady crags and the forecast was “scorchio” again, so in desperation we decided to go for a walk. In fairness, we probably needed another rest day. […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

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