Routes as sport in Guatemala

Resistance on good holds. Highly recommended.

Starting left a bit higher up on the block.

Resistance on mostly good holds. Highly recommended.

Shares the same bolts as "LNFS" but uses the arete for the entire duration of the route. There used to be a lower reunion, the grade up to this point was 5.9. Now the reunion is higher and requires a technical crux move, increasing the grade.

Nice near-vertical face. Grading doesn't allow use of the crack on the right.

The crown jewel, much respect for the people that envisioned this climb. Three cruxes with two good rests in between.

La joya de la corona, mucho respeto para la gente que visualizo la linea y armo la via. Tres cruxes separado por dos buenos descansos

A traverse pitch that intended to go through the roof but never did because of wasps.

Una via de travesia que alcanza unas cadenas para una via que pretendia salir del techo pero nunca se hizo por un panal de avispas.

starts in the offwitdh, Intricate and powerful moves on overhanging terrain, it has a variation starting from the face that is much harder.

Empieza en la chimenea, movimientos intrincados y poderosos en terreno desplomado. Tiene una variacion empezando por la cara que es mucho mas dificil.

For mutants that crimp on credit cards.

Para mutantes que pueden quedarse en tarjetas de credito

A consistent crimp fiesta on a plumb line. The route involves a specific sequence that every climber solves differently. Skip the big ledge out right for full experience.

Una linea vertical y consistente en agarres pequeños. La via tiene una secuencia especifica que cada escalador resuelve de manera diferente. No tomar la repisa a la derecha para la experiencia completa.

The second pitch of Irma Dolores, aerial.

El segundo largo de Irma Dolores, aereo.

A proud line with incredible exposure, its crux consists of sloper slapping on overhanging rock near the top.

Una via imponente con exposicion increible, el crux consiste en cachetear romos en roca desplomada cerca de las cadenas.

One of the most classic routes in Amatitlan because it is tall and mellow.

Una de las vias mas clasicas de Amatitlan porque es alta y tranquila.

Variation for El Moco, the crux is a little longer but easier than original line.

Variacion para El Moco, el crux es un poco mas largo pero mas sencillo que la linea original.

Intricate movement on small holds lead to a movie finish.

Movimientos intrincados en agarres pequeños para un final de pelicula.

Extension to Cadenas, cool moves and 3D climbing for managing the obvious bulge.

Extension de Cadenas, buenos movimientos en volumenes para escalar la saliente. It can also be done starting at "el Moco Direct"

Shares anchors with Cadenas, very cool moves in a groove up top, there is a creative knee bar somewhere in the crux.

Comparte la reunion con Cadenas, muy buenos movimientos en un elevador, hay un empotramiento de rodilla en algun lugar del crux.

Mellow climbing through the arete then it's tree climbing to the chains.

Movimientos gentiles en una arista, luego es escalada en el arbol hasta alcanzar las cadenas.

It has only 3 bolts and no anchors, A roof lingers above waiting to be climbed by a motivated party.

Via incompleta con tres chapas y sin reunion Un techo esta merodeando arriba para que lo escale un grupo que encuentre la secuencia.

Easy climbing with a dangerous fall potential, there is a variation out right with cleaner falls and a harder sequence.

Escalada sencilla con caidas potencialmente peligrosas, tiene una variacion a la derecha con caidas limpias y secuencia mas dura.

Chimney climbing, can be a bit loose and runout.

Chimenea, puede estar un poco suelta y con chapas distantes.

Mixed climb, another tall and stout line that has deterred climbers because of bees.

Escalada mixta, otra via alta y orgullosa que ha disuadido a escaladores debido a abejas.

Short route with one of the bolts in the anchor needing repair, lookout!

Ruta corta con uno de los anclajes del top con necesidad de reparacion, se puede utilizar el arbol para redundancia

Nice climbing on an arete with a dirty jungle climbing finish. Anchors need an update

Escalda tecnica en una arista con un final de escalada en la jungla, el top necesita una actualizacion para hacer mas comodo el descuelgue.

Thin holds in a technical, vertical line.

agarres pequeños y quebradizos en una via vertical y tecnica.

Envisioned and bolted by Carlos Chong, a long, sustained, technical climb with nice moves.

Concebida por Carlos Chong, una ruta larga, tecnica y con buenos movimientos.

New school, chicken way to reach the top of la nada.

Una alternativa mas sencilla para alcanzar el top de la nada.

One of the most iconic routes in Amatitlan, three pitches of diverse and fun moves. Third pitch involves wicked hard crimping and it´s FA is shrouded in mystery.

Una de las rutas mas iconicas de Amatitian, tres largos de movimientos interesantes y diversos. El tercer largo es con agarres minusculos y su primer ascenso esta envuelto en un misterio.

Start out with a crack that can only be protected with only pro, continue up to find a roof and a powerful sequence to reach the chains.

Empieza con una grieta que se puede proteger con empotradores, continua en deportivo a un techo y una secuencia poderosa para alcanzar las cadenas

Crimpy, slightly overhanging with an awesome sequence of jugs exiting a roof and a sustained finish.

Agarres pequeños, ligeramente desplomada con una excelente secuencia de movimientos saliendo de un techo y un final sostenido.

Short and bouldery route with a wild exposure. Do not hesitate when reaching the second bolt because you can hit the deck if you fall.

Una via corta, con movimientos de bloque y una exposicion salvaje. No titubear al alcanzar la segunda chapa porque la caida es potencialmente peligrosa.

Classic route involving delicate crimping and two mantles, no shade so it´s best done early.

Via clasica con agarres pequeños y dos mantles, no hay sombra por lo que es mejor hacerla temprano.

Second pitch for Entropia, jaw dropping exposure made accessible for the moderate climber.

Segundo largo de Entropia, Exposicion que deja boquiabierto al alcance del escalador regular.

short routes on either side of crack, a lot of rope drag if you want to TR.

Vias cortas a cada lado de la grieta, tienen mucha friccion si se quieren hacer en yo-yo.

A good warmup route because of nice holds and laybacking. One of the first climbs in Amatitlan.

Comparte cadenas con Corrosion, una buena via de calentamiento por los agarres grandes y la grieta. Una de las primeras vias jamas escaladas en Amatitlan.

Five stars, the standard back in the day, definitely the jumping platform for harder climbing in Amatitlan. Don't use the cracks on either side near top for full credit.

Cinco estrellas, el estándar para las primeras generaciones, definitivamente la plataforma de salto para la escalada mas dura de Amatitlan. Para obtener todo el credito, las grietas a ambos lados cerca del top, estan fuera de limites.

Bouldery moves out of the obvious roof to very mellow climbing.

Movimientos de bloque saliendo del techo obvio llevan a una escalada suave hasta las cadenas.

Thin and crimpy through the crux to easier terrain up top.

Estalada fina atravez del crux llevan a un terreno mas sencillo hasta las cadenas.

Named after a poem from Otto Rene Castillo, a poet brutally murdered during the civil war. The climb is great by the way, only face holds for full credit.

Llamada despues del poema de Otto Rene Castillo, un poeta desaparecido de la guerra civil. La via es buenisima por cierto, solo agarres en la cara.

Very fun route involving a well protected, intense crux, has tree shade, making it a crowd favorite

Via divertida que involucra un crux intenso y bien protegido, tiene sombra por lo que es la favorita del publico.

Thin climbing to a very evident crux leads to balancy moves to reach a two finger pocket guarding the chains.

Escalada delicada que lleva a un crux evidente y luego se vuelve puro balance para alcanzar el bi-dedo que custodia las cadenas.

The line looks very cool but bees have made sure no one has climbed it in years.

La via se ve muy bonita pero hay abejas, por lo que nadie la ha escalado en años.

fun crux, seldom climbed so that is where it gets the name.

crux divertido, ve poco trafico y de alli ve su nombre.

Slab climbing at its finest. Good shade during sunny hours.

La escalada en terreno a favor mas fina de Amatitlan. Tiene buena sombra en dias calurosos.

Has tons of variations, chimney, face holds, layback…

Tiene muchas variaciones, chimenea, solo cara, fisura…

Super classic, used to be the rite of passage for aspiring climbers, can be lead on gear.

Super clasica, era el rito de iniciacion para escaladores aspirantes, se puede proteger toda en tradicional.

Traverse to the big flake, cool moves. Travesia a la gran hojuela a la derecha, buenos movimientos.

Short and bouldery if you only use faceholds, tends to be dirty because it turns into a water chute when it rains.

Via corta con movimientos de boulder si unicamente se utiliza la cara, tiende a estar sucia porque cuando llueve se vuelve un resbaladero.

Nice sustained route that sees little traffic. This used to be the men's ultimate route for a "roctrip" style competition years ago.

Via bonita y sostenida que ve poco trafico. Esta via era la final de la categoria masculina de una competencia de escalada en roca hace años.

If you want to try out your first lead ever, this is a good place to start.

Si queres empezar a puntear, este es un buen lugar para empezar.

tricky climb, can be climbed with good technique and little strength.

Via que tiene su maña, se puede escalar con buena tecnica y poca fuerza.

Good mellow route with a nice sequence of holds.

Bonita ruta moderada con una secuencia de agarres interesantes.

The middle one of the 3 routes on this wall.

Two pitches, first pitch is a 5.10d well bolted extension to "Nido de Halcones L", offwidth shenanigans and a bit loose if you start to wander. Second pitch is awesome, very atypical to Amatitlán with pockets and powerful moves on decent holds.

Dos largos, el primero es una extension con proteccion decente de Nido de Halcoles L, mucha tactica de chimenea y puede ser un poco flojo si se salen de la ruta. El segundo largo es increible, muy atipico de Amatitlan con pockets y movimientos fuertes en agarres buenos.

Bolted by an economics PHD, a little runout so you might want to set a TR from the anchors of Nido de Halcoles R

Armada por un doctor de economia, tiene chapas separadas por lo que es conveniente poner un yo-yo desde Nido de Halcones R para ensayar los movimientos.

Sees little traffic so it keeps densely vegetated.

Via que tiene poco trafico por lo que se mantiene con vegetacion.

A favorite among the crowd that is getting more confident with leads, can be climbed by so many different ways.

Una via favorita para escaladores que estan aprendiendo a puntear, se puede escalar de muchas diferentes maneras.

A fresh take on crimps up a beautiful arete, what's not to like?

Nueva perspectiva con agarres pequeños en una arista hermosa, que mas queres?

One of the first routes you see as you come up the trail from Sector 1. The top of the route splits and you can choose the arete (left) or the crack (right) for a few meters. It converges again at the anchor.

bouldery and reachy . FUN!

Easy route but with tricky sequence of moves at the top

On the left facing wall around the corner.

Sustained moves on small holds all to the top after the 8th bolt; the top is the hardest part. If your rope is 60m or less be careful at lowering as it is impossible to get to the belay spot.

WARNING: 70m rope needed.

Maybe more than 12 bolts ?

Nice slightly overhung resistance route. Some of the nicest rock and best climbing in CQ. Careful of a few large, loose blocks in the middle of the route. Rebolted 03/22

Hard boulder to start, sustained technical climbing through the middle.

It might have more than 12 bolts before the anchors

It has anchors at the midle. So it can be done in two pitches, but one 60 m rope is more than enough for the whole route. The first half is probably a 5.7 and the second half is more like a 5.10a. If doen only using the face crimps is a nicer challenge (probably a 5.10b). If from the anchors you go the left it gets to another top called Equinoxio.

Located 15m to the left of "Santiago Diablitos". Very unique rock features on the overhung section to start. Widely spaced reunion located on very inclined slab... As such, it's not recommended to climb on TR, and best to clean on rappel.

Excellent route. Climb the face before reaching the crack.

Some reachy moves, sustained finish.

Bouldery start into thin technical face.

Nice beginner route. Has an anchor at the 7th bolt, before the chossy section.

helmet highly recommended