Mallorca (2011)

The 2011 edition of the Mallorca Rockfax was our 6th Mallorca publication in 15 years!

Latest edition.

ISBN

978-1-873341-42-1

Published

February 2011

Next Edition

2015

Authors

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Rockfax Number

Fax34

4 reviews for Mallorca (2011)

  1. Rob Stone

    “Just back from a trip with the new guide, and looking at my old versions this one is so much better. Locals are using it so must be doing something right. Easy to find directions (GPS helps) good crag photos makes route identification easy but still a few grade oddities at the lower end. Descent times from top of Sa Gubia normal seem very optimistic.
    Pitch lengths would help in some places but mostly the info is there. Shame no box for your name & address on the inside.
    A nice touch would be a few pages describing some days off (like Torrent de Paries and Cavall Bernat Ridge) with enough detail – or provide them as online supplements.
    No idea about the DWS but theres lots of info and stuff for those that do when the seas warmer.
    Pity the online database isn’t yet up to date !”

  2. Karin Magog

    “It doesn’t seem that long since the last Mallorca rock climbing guide was published by Rockfax but it’s actually four years which was a surprise. This new guide is bigger and better than the old one, with nearly twice as many pages (up from 176 to 304). There’s a few new crags including including the superb Es Verger but the big bonus is the Deep Water Soloing section at the back. Mallorca is a very popular destination for this sub sport and it’s well documented here, great for those groups who like to mix things around a bit. I was also glad to see that they’d managed to track down the route names that were missing in the previous guide – good job.

    Mallorca Climbs follows the standard Rockfax format which I’m sure everyone is now familiar with. This includes plenty of useful info at the front, clear maps and excellent photo-diagrams This new guide has more of these than the last guide, with only a few remaining hand drawn topos of those sectors where photography was obviously impractical. The photos also offer an approximate route length which was very useful and made spotting the endurance crags nice and easy, as well as being a reminder to be careful with your rope length. The guide offers a great mix of grades and styles of climbing, from easy slabs to ferocious overhangs, deep water soloing to multi-pitch adventure, mountain settings to crags on the beach – surely there’s something here for everyone?

    The action photos give a good indication of the nature of the particular crag and work well with the photo-diagrams when deciding on which of the many crags to visit. I particularly like the front cover which certainly sells the place to me.

    It’s been a long while since I’ve visited Mallorca but this new guide has certainly whetted my appetite. Another good production from Rockfax and well worth buying.”

  3. Karsten Kurz

    Near by lies my first Rockfax, the “Rockfax 13” (Mallorca, Costa Blanca, El Chorro). What a difference to this new edition of the Mallorca guide. The only thing they share is the volume!
    In comparison to the last edition (2006) of this guide, some new areas have been added and the book nowadays covers the whole spectrum of sport and trad climbing and last not least DWS.
    Most of the well known areas have got new action shots, new topos and updates for the routes. As well a nice feature: GPS coordinates of the parking sites.
    A lot of additional information and hints for access to the areas round off the book.
    Short introductions in German, Spain and French make the guide also an interesting and good choice for all “non Brits”.
    Congratulations to the Rockfax team especially to Alan, Mark and Daimon!

  4. Daniel

    “amazing topo!! can’t wait for our summer trip to try some of the routes :)”

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