Finale Ligure While on my European road trip, I (Tom) was holed up in my van in the Italian Alps while torrential rain put an end to my hopes of climbing on the stunning Alpine granite and gneiss crags of the Aosta Valley. I needed to move on and in the midst of the cold…
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A long weekend or a short holiday? Sam and I were definitely feeling the Fontaineblues after spending nearly 2 weeks in the magical forest. Returning home to early mornings, long commutes and living an hour away from any climbable rock was less than appealing. Luckily, there’s a bank holiday at the end of May that…
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While on my recent trip around Spain I heard about a 50 meter rope swing in Costa Blanca, it had to be done. Check out the write up from Costa Blanca here. Plus the video here.
Part 4 explores Asturias a little more and takes us to El Chorro. Check out the writes for Asturias and El Chorro. Special thanks to 3RD ROCK and FrictionLabs
Touch down! First stop Asturias. Check out the write up here. Special thanks to 3RD ROCK and FrictionLabs
‘9 and a half hours! Jeez, let’s find somewhere to eat and grab a beer.’ After we got a bite to eat, we went to the train station ‘bar’ (more like a cubical where they sell €1 cans) and before we could even order from the most hostile bar women in the world… ‘Hey, how’s…
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Brrrrrrrrr…Waking up at the bottom of Entecampos in the purpose built climber’s car park was a very cold experience. January is considered a little late in the season up in Northern Spain but there was still tons of campers (all Spanish), with their minds set to send but their windscreens set to defrost. The car…
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Here’s the first of the Spanish Road Trip video blogs. I’ve tried to make it a bit more entertaining than the usual video blog- adding lots of clips from our past climbing trips. Hope you enjoy! If you are in Spain in the next couple of months let us know, we would love to meet…
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