Ager – Barranc de Grillons
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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Santa Linya
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 […]
Camarasa – sector Crestes de Conill
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 […]
Sant Llorenc de Montgai – El Cilindre
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 […]
Alos de Balaguere and a 3-crag day
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 […]
Grau dels Matxos
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… […]
Cellecs
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 […]
Back to Sansuies
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 […]
Siurana – El Ditot and a fitting sunrock finale
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 […]
Arboli – sector El Falco
We had a dull but dry day in prospect, however, the wind had dropped and the temperature of 8C was enough to have teams heading in all directions for the […]
Margalef – Can Llepafils
Another bright day and blue skies, but a bitterly cold wind (luck I advertised the meet as Sun Rock rather than Hot Rock!) A couple of options emerged with a […]
Arboli – sector Can Mansa and Simiro and an encounter with a Mighty Penis
That got your attention – and even if it didn’t, it should boost the click count from random Google searches! The “Mighty Penis” in question is a 32m 6a+ at […]
Margalef – El Cami de L’Ermita
Another dodgy forecast saw a team head for Barcelona in search of some culture and another make a foray to the coast. The rest of us headed to Margalef in […]
Sansuies – Placa del Sol (… and showers!)
An unsettled forecast led to much deliberation over guidebooks, Google Maps and various weather apps. Throwing all the data into the melting pot we ended up with a Plan A […]
Siurana – Grau dels Masets – SunRock 2018 Day 1
Day 1 of the 2018 Rucksack Club SunRock Meet, and the “Sun” actually put in an appearance (for pretty much the first time in a week!). We also had a […]
Arboli – sector El Cremat
Crossing fingers that the snow had melted, we headed away from the benign weather on the coast and up into the hills of Sierra de Prades to catch up with […]
Gelida
Bypassing the Sierra de Prades, we sheltered on the coast near Barcelona (lulled to sleep by crashing waves again – not quite the Atlantic but much choppier than the usual […]
El Vellon
Not sure if it’s “The Beast from the East” down here, but there’s a major system of crappie weather covering much of Spain for the whole of the week (and […]
Patones – Ponton de la Oliva
Despite camping within sight of La Cabrera, that isn’t our objective for this trip – multi pitch trad at 1,400m might have to wait for a warmer visit. Instead, we’re […]
Alange – turned out Extremadura again
Heading across the border near Braganza we drove via Zamora to Salamanca for the night. We had a vague plan to explore the climbing in the Sierra de Gredos, but […]
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