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La Pauta – Small but perfectly formed

March 7, 2022by Dominic Leave a comment

This was a “new to us” crag, even though it appeared in the first edition of Lleida Climbs. I guess the reason we hadn’t visited previously is because its sweet […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Camarasa – Sector Solarium

March 5, 2022by Dominic Leave a comment

Our unexpected 4-day weather window of Roca Caliente in Los Pirineos came to an end, prompting the usual soul / app-searching. Without an obvious “grand beau temps” candidate amid a […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Santa Ana and Alos de Balaguer

March 4, 2022by Dominic Leave a comment

A couple of return trips to places we’ve been before – albeit new sectors. I signed off my 2014 Santa Ana post with: Definitely somewhere we’ll return on future trips. […]

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Aragon, Catalunya, Spain

Bagergue – Val d’Aran

February 28, 2022by Dominic Leave a comment

With a sunny day in prospect, we decided to check out the most northerly area covered in the Roca Caliente guidebook. The Val d’Aran is the northernmost extent of Catalunya, […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Escales – Els Escondite

February 27, 2022by Dominic Leave a comment

The Escales section of the guidebook runs to almost a hundred pages, with a dozen sectors and a couple of hundred routes in the vicinity of the reservoir of the […]

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Aragon, Catalunya, Spain

Viuet – Roca Caliente en los Pirineos

February 26, 2022by Dominic Leave a comment

OK – did anyone guess right? After much forecast-searching and head-scratching on a rainy morning in Alto Mijares we set the controls of Rockaroundtheworld for the Heart of the Sun […]

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Aragon, Catalunya, Spain

Drive-by cragging on the way to the Blanca

January 27, 2022by Dominic Leave a comment

With Omicron in retreat, and restrictions lifting, it’s time to dust off the RockAroundTheWorld machine and get it back on the road. After a Sunday lunchtime Eurotunnel the intervening 4 […]

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Catalunya, France, Languedoc - Roussillon, Spain, Valencia & Costa Blanca

Montgrony 

March 28, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

This has been a year of climbing in spectacular spots, high up in the hills and accessed only thanks to centuries of work in constructing snaking tracks to access a […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Berga 

March 27, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

We’d been hoping to use the spring weather towards the end of our trip to explore some of the many cragging options nearer the Pyrenees. After a long wait, we […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Coll de Nargo – Sector Coll Pique and Samarkand 

March 26, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

A major deluge throughout Saturday prompted a much needed rest day and a change of scene, so we headed over the hills to Oliana. Great views of the world’s second […]

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Catalunya, Spain, Uncategorized

Cubells 

March 23, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

Another trip to Cubells – we were last here about 18 months ago with Bill and Steve. Once again the crag seemed to have been block booked by Brits, with […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Ager – Barranc de Grillons

March 22, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

We’d been itching to head back to this excellent crag ever since arriving in the area, especially Helen who had been injured on the previous occasion we’d visited, but chilly […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Santa Linya 

March 21, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

Another trip to Santa Linya sector Futbalin – I must have climbed here four or five times, and on the face of it that might seem daft considering the other […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Camarasa – sector Crestes de Conill 

March 20, 2018by Dominic 2 Comments

Camarasa is a charming village with a a great bakery – Forn de Pa Capdevila, and a whole array of crags (with almost 400 routes). Unfortunately, most of these are […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Sant Llorenc de Montgai – El Cilindre 

March 19, 2018by Dominic 2 Comments

We woke to a beautiful morning with spectacular views over the crags around our camping spot. What a difference a day makes – beats the rows of static caravans or […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Alos de Balaguere and a 3-crag day 

March 18, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

After a week in the area around Barcelona we felt like getting a bit further away from the metropolis. The Prades and the Pyrenees would both fit the bill, but […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Grau dels Matxos

March 16, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

After a couple of day’s hiatus in the climbing plan to make room for a 36 hour dash back for a work commitment in Blighty, we’re back in RockAroundTheWorld action…  […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Cellecs 

March 12, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

Further up into the hinterland north of Barcelona, squeezed between the limestone around the coast and the conglomerate of Montserrat, lies a modest but charming set of granite crags. Cellecs […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Back to Sansuies 

March 11, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

After seeing off the last of the SunRockers on their flights back to Blighty, we had a much needed rest day on the coast near Barcelona, before scratching our heads […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Siurana – El Ditot and a fitting sunrock finale 

March 9, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

It kept us waiting until the very end, but day 7 of the 2018 SunRock trip finally delivered the kind of day we’d signed up for. Clear skies and warm […]

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Catalunya, Rucksack Club, Spain, SunRock 2018

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