
My latest crunch at work has just finished so my Dad dragged me out climbing at Idwal Slabs to recover. I’ve never been a fan of the “Easy Descent” so today’s objective was to find a route through the upper walls so we can use the alternate descent that goes off to the right. We [...]

Sierra De Toix is described in the guide book as one of the main reasons to go sport climbing in Spain and I have to say I wasn’t disappointed! My dad and I did almost every climb in the small Oueste section which were short and easy routes but the good rock and fantastic setting provided [...]

Enough of the crags already! I came to Spain for something a little bigger and today I got it! Diedros Magicos (magic corner) is an awesome 5 pitch 6a/e1 trad route but it was only really a 5+/hvs today because we didn’t do the last pitch. This was partly because it got surprisingly cold as [...]

We were meant to go to Toix (Alex says Toiks not Twax) today but strong winds at the coast sent us inland to Montesa instead. It was about a two hour drive from the villa but was definitely worth it, it’s a really nice crag but particularly friendly for those who have trained indoors. The routes [...]

So much for all of Spain being bolted, most of the better routes are actually trad which offers an interesting variety… to be fair though the rock here is far from smooth and featureless so there’s usually plenty of gear. Today we climbed (guided by Ron and Fi again) the 4 pitch 120 metre “Un [...]