Costa blanca 2016

Return to Costa Blanca November 2016-final trip of possibly my best year for outdoor climbing in terms of number of days out. We were fortunate to fit in 8 full days climbing into a weeks trip-good flight times helped. We tried to head to some different crags this time- with Sella and Marin being my two favourites. I haven't done multi-pitch for some years (Zepellin in El chorro was the last one which was an epic day out) so it was fun to do some fun classic multi-pitch at Marin. Although there's polish at Sella I still think its a great crag especially in the grades above 6b and my route of the trip would have to be Kashba 6c+ -a top50 route at Sella which was a fight right to the top. I also was pleased to onsite a route I had looked at maybe 10 years ago on my first outdoor trip-Aqui tampoco 6c. I remember thinking that the roof on this looked impossible-but id have to say there was a bit of a tougher section lower down before the roof.


Aqui tompoco 6c

Paul on the last moves of Pats, Marin

Paul on El dia de la bestia 7a

Paul on Technitos free, 6b+

Top of pitch 1 of Prats, Marin

 

New route 7a+, Sella



Kashba 6c+

Day 1: Castellets
Levilicas 4
Via Andrea 5+
The chimnet 5
Csomos 6a
Via Javi 6a

Day 2: Sella (Secot final)

La verguenza 4
Speedy gonzele 5+
Aqui tempoco 6c*
El pixonet 6b
New 6c-basically bear?

Day 3: Echo valley (El catsellet lower)
Arispilla 5+
El pas de la forela 6a
tarzan 7a+
Waka placa 7a
Soplamela 6b
Che pero com percocai 6a+
El minxto 6a
El paclero de maile 5+

Day 4: Marin
Sector classico
Prats 2 pitch- 4+, 3+
Placa girls 2 pitch 5, 5+
El veula de pnlelo 6b
El dia de la lbestia 7a
el reino del vacio 6c*
Paranoik 6a


Day 5: Olta
Xmas dreams 5+
Tpich me softly 5
Vamos 6a
Best of 95 5
Du Darfst 5
Turron 5
Das Bach de .. 5

Day 6: Sella
Senor neshbit rides again 5
El torronet 5+
Anglopitecthis Britaniensis 6a+
Kashba 6c+*
New route 7a+
Two nights of love 5+

Day 7: Marin
Adventuras en pandes 3+
Novatos can gato 5+
El meulo del murcaga+ extension 6c+*
El m,ono reconico 6c
Technitos free 6b+
Pibluce quete desmucas 6a+
El masanzo 6b

Day 8: Sella
Pequenecos III 5
Paquenecos 4
Con mallas y loco 3+
Via de indico 5+
A y parrazo 5
A diestroy sinesto 6a
Los efugio... 5