Kotor cragging
With a four-day monsoon forecast to hit Montenegro we had the option of spending the remaining dry day at Bar or moving on for some further exploration. We opted to […]
Category Archives: BiH and Beyond
Stari Bar and some Montenegro Seaside Climbing
Stari Bar old town sits proudly on a hill top, about 3km inland from the coast and the upstart seaside resort of Bar. No doubt a tourist hot-spot during the […]
Lovka, Cijevna Canyon
If the established epicentre of climbing around Podgorica is Smokovac, then the new kid on the block is definitely Lovka. The two climbing areas contrast and complement each other well. […]
Smokovac, Podgorica
The Morača Canyon winds its way northwards out of Montenegro’s capital city, Podgorica, slicing its way through the limestone geology to reveal mile upon mile of climbing potential. Development began […]
Accursed Mountains and into Kosovo
Spoiler alert – this post contains no actual climbing 😦 The farthest extent of our Balkan Odyssey was planned to coincide with the UIAA (International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation) General […]
Durmitor National Park – Montenegro cragging
Heading south from Banja Luka, we took a route via Sarajevo, where there’s a lot of climbing and a dedicated chunk in the guidebook. Closer investigation reveals it’s either quite […]
Tijesno Canyon, Banja Luka
Banja Luka is BiH’s second city, about four hours north of Mostar (one of those weather-induced wrinkles in the obvious trajectory) and a similar distance north of Sarajevo. The drive […]
More climbing around Mostar
Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in BiH and the largest in Herzegovina. It is named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who guarded the […]
Blagaj – into Bosnia (or strictly Herzegovina)
Blagaj is a town just south of Mostar in Herzegovina, most famous for the spring of the Buna river which emerges from a cave at the foot of some major […]
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