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Iker Pou said: This is the most important route we've ever climbed. We worked it for two whole months this summer and it can be broken down into three sections. The first four pitches are new and very steep and were first ascended with a Rätikon and Wendenstöcke mentality, which means long run-outs from one bolt to the other! The second section shares six pitches of an old route called Mediterraneo, first climbed in 1980 using aid. The 5th pitch is the technical crux at 8c+/9a and although it is a bit easier, it is still 8a+. Both were originally climbed using aid and graded A3, and we risked big falls between 20 -25m. The protection on these pitches was very old, there were some original bolts, but most of the rest are wooden pitons, copperheads, micro-friends and nuts..."
Free Ascents
- 2015 Nina Caprez & Cédric Lachat
Route history
| Aug 2009 | First free ascent: Iker Pou & Eneko Pou |
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Warnings
Location
- Lat/Lon: 43.20039, -4.81947
Grade citation
| 8a+,8a,8a,7a,8c,8a+,6b+,6a+,5,5,5+,5,5 | Assigned grade |
Selected Guidebooks more Hide
Author(s): Alberto Boza
Date: 2015
ISBN: 9788494339929
A selective guidebook describes 27 of the best multi-pitch rock climbing routes on the Picu Urriellu in the Picos de Europa, between 140m and 550m long.
Author(s): R. Patterson
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9780992887445
A comprehensive guidebook describing the sport climbing found around the Cordillera Cantabrica mountain range in north-west Spain covering 80 selected crags in Asturias, Cantabria and Leon.
Author(s): A. Boza
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9788412445824
A comprehensive guidebook describing the sport climbing found in Cantabrian Mountains of north-west Spain, covering 95 crags and 5,750 routes across a wide range of grades.
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