Sunday, February 27, 2011

2011-02-26 Siurana, Corral Nou

 

The mighty Siurana…

Monolith

in winter…. means no T-shirt! 

First route – Els Fenicis, 6a, tough going, but onsighted.

2011-02-26 08a Coral Nou2011-02-26 08b Coral Nou

Next route Quinta! 6a (6b in old guidebook).  It’s long, has a roof problem, but it’s nice.  Red-point it next time.

Quinta!, 6a

Next to mop up the previously abandoned 6a Els Fenicis.  It has a slightly overhanging reachy move early on.  I didn’t think this was a 6a move so went on to onsight the 6a+ next to it.  All the routes in this new guide are “conservative” in their grades.

Delirium, 6a

Next up the awesome Faktoria 6a+ (6b in old guide).  Very pumpy with a couple of overhanging bulges to get over, this is long, sustained, scary.

Marc then onsights the humbling 6b+ Pupilas (6c).  Kudos – I try it top-roped and miss the last third because I’m pumped and exhausted.  We finish up a great day in Corral Nou Cami with a couple of crappy 6a’s- Maximal and Trinafro that aren’t worth bothering with.

Picassa photo album here.

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