Torrechiva Revisited and Albarracín
If you’ve been following the blog for the last couple of months, you’ll have visited almost 50 crags with us, the vast majority of which were “new this year” to […]
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A to Z on the way to Granada – Ayna to Zújar
We were heading to Granada to catch up with Jim and Claire for a week’s flying visit. Rather than blast around the coastal motorway system, we opted for the cross-country […]
L’Amagatall del Cabeçò
This is a long post for a small crag owing to some spectacularly unusual routes and some great pics of them. The “magic” of Facebook (tongue in cheek, but it […]
Vinalopó – Alicante beyond the Costa
There’s much more to Alicante climbing than the Costa Blanca, and the publication of a new guidebook to the hinterland region in the Vinalopó River valley presented a good excuse […]
Clubbing on the Costa (Rucksack Clubbing that is!)
Nope, we haven’t been out on the lash in Benidorm – we’ve been enjoying the company of the Rucksack Club on the Costa Blanca! For about a dozen years, Helen […]
More Rock Around Castellón – Xert, Ayódar and Torrechiva
The Baix Maestrat region is towards the north of Castellón, inland from Vinaros, and with a damp day in prospect we took the opportunity to relocate to explore another bunch […]
Rock Around Castellón – Botalaria, Torres d’en Domenec and Murs
RockAroundTheWorld is back on the road, heading to Spain and armed with a box full of new guidebooks that Santa managed to squeeze down the chimney. First stop Castellón, to […]
First Kiss / Last Route
It seemed like no time since we’d arrived, but it was already our last climbing day in Rum. It’s quite a lot of faff to get there (see “logistics” notes […]
Hiker’s Road
The twin towers of North and South Nassrani were the only major features not ascended by the Bedouin, before the arrival of European climbers. The North peak was finally climbed […]
The Star of Abu Judaidah
One of my motivations for joining this Wadi Rum trip was the opportunity for some more “puerile ticking” from Parois de Légende. Arnaud Petite has included a total of nine […]
Wadi Rum and Black Magic
Wadi Rum, in Jordan, has been on my bucket list for almost three decades. Initial awareness and inspiration were prompted by an ad hoc slideshow from the Tony Howard, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Čikola revisited
We’d planned to cross into Bosnia from near Zagreb, to enter the north of the country and explore the climbing in some kind of logical sequence. The weather had other […]
Another Balkan Odyssey – 3 Crags, 1,000 miles and a Ruby Wedding
Rockaroundtheworld is back on the road, on another Balkan Odyssey (our third?) This one could be sub-titled “to Bosnia and Beyond!” but that’s a fair schlep, so here’s the first […]
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