On our first day we went to Orihuela. This is Per on the first pitch of Momiot Ilevanti, grade 5.
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Per coming on on pitch 2.
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The next route we did was El Diedro, grade 5. Nice route.
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Per coming up on pitch 2.
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Day two at Leyva. The second pitch of Carillo Cantabella, 5+.
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At the top of the route.
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I combined the two last pitches because I missed the belay...
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so we did it in five pitches.
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Two happy climbers.
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Day three at Puig Campana. Espolon Central follows the ridge in the middle. We did the direct start variation in 12 pitches.
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We were really fast on this route. We passed two teams and climbed the route in 5 hours and 20 minutes. In the guide book it says fast teams do it in 6 :)
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Per on one of the upper pitches. You can't see it on the photo but this pitch was very airy with a drop just to Per's left.
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The clouds rolled in when we topped out so the descent was foggy.
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Climbing was the easy part. Coming down from the mountain was hard work.
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This turned out to be the best route I've climbed to date. 12 pitches of steep and airy climbing, but never really hard or scary.
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After a rest day we headed to Penon de ifach to do Diedro UBSA. We started on the wrong route though. Well, it made a nice photo but we had to back off.
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Here we go... This is Diedro UBSA, 5+. It follows the crack system up the middle of the photo, then up to the cave, a short rapell, a traverse to the left and then up a corner.
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Per at the top of the second pitch.
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Nice view.
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Me coming up after Per on the second pitch.
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Per seconding the third pitch.
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Per on the fourth pitch.
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The only shady spot of the whole climb.
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Per up at the cave.
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A little trouble with route finding. We were supposed to rapell here, so Per had to down climb this section with no protection.
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After the rapell.
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The traverse, then up.
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One of the nicest pitches of the route.
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Me seconding the traverse.
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Per seconding the last pitch.
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Penon de Ifach as a popular place for the birds too.
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Nerves of steel... I could not stand there without a rope.
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Per enjoying the view.
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The town of Calpe.
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A tunnel on the way down.
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Last day of climbing. Back at Puig Campana, this time on Diedros Magicos.
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I thought the first two pitches were rather hard for grade (5).
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No bolts except at belays. I placed a lot of gear.
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This pitch was grade 5+ but much easier than the two first grade 5 pitches.
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After this pitch we climbed off route and rapelled back down.
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