After being
in Kalymnos last year we were looking for a new destination for our short summer
trip of 2012 and stumbled across Mallorca. From a climbers perspective, the
island is mostly known for it's great Deep Water Soloing (DWS) opportunities.
Not such a commonly known thing is the great amount of top sport climbing crags
it has to offer. And besides all the climbing possibilities it simply is an extremely
beautiful island with a wide variety of different landscapes and atmospheres,
amazing beaches and mountains up to 1500 meters above the sea. So a ten day
trip was booked, a perfect opportunity to get a glimpse of this amazing place
and all it's treasures...
Having
returned just a couple of days ago I can tell that our expectations were
totally met! Great sunny weather (a bit too hot for hard climbing but
whatever), great beaches and places, the cliffs were really impressive and we
even just saw about a handful of them... and we also spent one day going to
Cala Barques for a DWS session, the first
time I actually did DWS and I really really dig it! This free feeling of
climbing high above the water without a rope or anything that's hindering you is truly breathtaking... It's playful like
bouldering but flowing like route climbing and you're doing it above deep blue
water, the sun shining and a cool breeze from the ocean... Great experience and
something I will get back to in the future.
Here are
some pictures of our trip and a little video were I am climbing "Commando
Madrid" 8b in Les Perxes. This route out of a horizontal cave is one of
the best sportclimbs I set hands on so far... It has different types of cruxes all the way up and
a really hard last move!
If you
haven't been, go there! Mallorca is rad!
Emi
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