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natallia
Sport climber
Munich, Germany
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 4, 2016 - 04:40am PT
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hi climberz,
a alternation to snow - here a link to a video (trailer/teaser) about multipitch climbing in spain southeast (a tourist-free region)
videos are intended to present more the character of the rocks, the routes and the mountains. so expect no exciters, lean back and have fun watching ...
cheers
see reloaded video downunder
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natallia
Sport climber
Munich, Germany
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 4, 2016 - 06:32am PT
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Thanks ...
By the way, all climbings done october 2015 to january 2016
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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cool beans
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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How long are those multipitch climbs?
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natallia
Sport climber
Munich, Germany
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 4, 2016 - 11:21am PT
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well,
routes are mostly 4-6 pitches, some more up to 14
approaches from 15 min. to 60 min.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Very nice! I'd love to get down there some time. We're having a very warm winter so far, may days in January have hit the 70s. Down in SE Spain, I would imagine it's the same story, but even more so. So now's a good time to go there.
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WallMan
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Natallia - thank you for posting up and sharing your wonderful video. What guidebooks and or websites do you suggest for additional information about climbing in southeast Spain?
Wally
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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In looking at your website, it appears that there are many longer routes around 6a. That would be great for me and my wife who doesn't climb much.
Thanks for sharing!
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natallia
Sport climber
Munich, Germany
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 5, 2016 - 10:36pm PT
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YEAH
there lots of routes from 6a to 6b+/6c - actually most of them.
Spanish like to understate their routes, whenever you read V+ this means 5.9
Guide books: rockfax database costa blanca (includes sportclimbs)
http://www.rockfax.com/databases/results_area.html?id=1012
But does not cover all routes and for mahimon you have to search the internet, search "escalada mahimon" and sierra espuna = leyva
Searching internet in spanish, spanish climbers hardly speak english
For first or rudimentary info on multipitches see my website
http://spainrock.jimdo.com
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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I regret that I didn't have a climbing partner, back in 1970, when I visited that area, since there was plenty of virgin rock, with all kinds of 1st ascent possibilities.
There was a big cliff above the town of Benidorm, which I hiked up to, but there were no climbers around to hook up with.
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Beautiful rock, beautiful country.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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chosspile
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natallia
Sport climber
Munich, Germany
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2016 - 08:50am PT
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many climbing spots on zonadeescalada are sportclimbings.
finding a partner in spain is very difficult, definitely the opposite of C4. most local climbers do not speak english. it is advisable to contact in advance the alpine clubs in a nearby city.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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The zonasdeescalada page indexes all types of climbing, bouldering, sport, trad, etc. If you look over to the R, you can select "tipos de escalada". It's a pretty complete listing. It's missing some of the recently developed areas, and it includes some old and mostly abandoned areas, but you can also select "calidades zona" to limit search to only higher quality destinations.
Regarding finding partners, local climbing gyms are a good choice, if you're spending a fair amount of time here. If you're visiting Spain on a short term basis, I don't have suggestions. The climbing clubs might be an option, but my impression is that the members are mostly older and distinctly unadventurous climbers.
Spain is mostly known internationally for the high end sport routes, but there are tons of places for high quality long multipitch bolt protected routes, too.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Thanks for the information.
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natallia
Sport climber
Munich, Germany
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2016 - 11:37pm PT
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generally speaking MCREEL is right: information on zonadeescalada about locations is good, but ...
in order to test the quality: search for mahimon - what did you find?
BUT my focus was SPAIN SOUTHEAST, which is widely unknown for tourist climbers, complete information about (multipitch) routes and approaches is fragmentary. that's why I posted
climbing gyms (rocodromos) in SPAIN SOUTHEAST are very limited and only in the big cities like murcia, valencia, almerica etc. - why? because weather is mostly excellent and local climbers drive to the sportclimbing zones nearby for training ...
problem buying online a guide book: your never see a table of content
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Mahimón is in there, but it's listed as Maimón. Just go to the R, and in the box for Comunidad/Ciudad, select Almería, it's one of the highlighted zones. I don't know much about SE Spain, but I can verify that for Catalunya, it's pretty complete.
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natallia
Sport climber
Munich, Germany
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2016 - 03:58am PT
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YES it is listed - but that is it
No topos, no further description - it says no 7a but there are 2
It says nothing about the different sectors (6 sectors)
And tbe correct village should be velez-rubio
Under almeria is also listed los gallardos, this is a dead zone now
It says nothing about mahimon chico or turre or albanchez
Other regions to the north or central spain or even the south (el chirro etc.) have (much) more inhabitants and much more climbers, so the documentation is good and almost complete, but also more crowds...
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