Diedro UBSA Route Grade Votings
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HVS. A classic expedition which takes the groove to a belay behind the pinnacle and then continues to reach the large cave high up. From here the route escapes leftwards by a spectacular abseil. The route is slightly spoilt by the looseness of the first few pitches. Depending on confidence/ability levels, take a small rack although all the hard sections are geared. Start left of the base of the groove by a large cactus bush. USER COMMENTS
Did this route last Spring. A great route, with a strong natural line and excellent climbing.
Surprisingly varied. It kicks in straight away and never lets up.
Brilliant route. We went up the fist crack to the right of the pinnacle rather than the rounded wall, seemed resonable enough
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Great day out... take a fair size rack as there are very few bolts on Pitch 4 which heads up the right hand crack from the belay and a few rusty pegs...
I'd be interested to know how long this route took people. I'm planning to climb it in October this year. I'm hoping that 11 hours of daylight will be enough! :)
I do this route today,really good.Attention in the 7)if you climb on the right it is IV+,if you climb straight ahead it could be 6a.
Great route with a strong natural line (give or take the slightly weird abseiling palaver), and an adventurous feel. Much of the in-situ gear is ageing. No looser than most mountain routes. The rock type felt a little bit Gogarth-y to me...anyone know what I'm on about?
Climbed it on Sunday 24th October! *all* of the pitches are really enjoyable though for some reason pitches 2 and 3 really stick in my mind for pure climbing pleasure. The abseil is a tad necky and the ledge you ab down to is a mere pale immitation of a ledge! I thought the traverse felt exposed and under-graded technically, but maybe that's just me. The final pitch has an overhang with a diagonally sloping tunnel up through it. All well and good unless you're wearing a rucksack like me, which means you cannot fit and have to climb over the thing (upping the grade for that pitch imho). Either way, a truly awesome expedition. It took us between 8 and 9 hours wiht a decent break behind the pinnacle and in the cave.
Easiest line up the majestic south face of the Peñon (I don't reckon Valencianos to the south face routes). If you bring a single rope, you can combine pitch 1 + 2, 4 + 5 and 6 + 7 + 8. The direct 6a variation of pitch 6 is nice and recommended if you link 6, 7 and 8 together. I thought pitches 9 and 10 deserve 5- and 5 grading respectively.
A fantastic route through some very impressive terrain. Wow, the abseil and pendulum!
Use the portaloo at the end of the quay before you start, you'll need it! Advise using a prussuk on the absail, it's a bit of a swing left to gain the bolts. Stay low on the traverse after the absail, it's easier. One of the best rock climbs I've done.
Spectacular route in an beautiful setting. It has a mountain aspect ,and has a lot of "antique" equipement. We were suprised that the route was following an obvious dihedral for the first 5 pitchesin spite of the name? Many great pitches and ,and generally good belays. Climb the route with "good margins" on the grade, because of the in-situ equipement,and pro-possiblilities.
Just arrived back from Spain to-day, and got fired because of it! but that's not important right now. We did this route in just under 7.5 hours. I recommend you stay in the borner on the third pitch, I drifted out left following the line of bolts and found myself on the tail-end of a 7a! The Abseil need not be as you can easily lower your partner and vice-versa, I'm sure this saved a lot of time. All in all a tremendous route
Superb route, amazing views and great climbing.
Where does the 6a variation on pitch 6 go? straight up some bulges and right next to the small cave?
Thought pitch 6 was the crux. A well protected move above the pinnacle but then some neckier climbing moving right into the corner. The last balancy move into the chimney felt quite hard and not well protected.
Man, the topo on the Rockfax book was very misleading. In this particular route I would have preferred a drawing than a picture. The route is great though.
Did the route 10th July - fabulous! On the Ab(Pitch 8) leader was lowered off and then clipped belay and then the second was lowered off to the bolts, before un-tying and pulling the rope through. Forget the idea of ab-ing or unnecessary undoing of ropes at that height! Five hours from Car Park to the top and Sun was off the face until about 1300hrs
Couple of minor corrections to the topos: after pitch six, belay is in the gully leading to the huge cave, not next to the small hole as shown in old topo; topo in new book shows wrong number of stances for first six pitches. Both topos show misleading info for the penultimate pitch (possibly due to perspective of photo): pitch nine is about 8m traversing, then about 12m upwards, belay is behind a large bush/tree.
sorry to go against the flow here but has everyone gone mad.couple of points, do you like thrutching up loose corners using more brawn than style?. do you like scratching your head trying to work out what the hell the guide book means? do you like climbing on smooth soapstone type rock? are you climbing above 5+ (would be a realy good idea)I so have a great day, this route is spectacular from the ground and does put you in some good locations but in my opinion this doesn't make up for the style of climbing needed to get up it. If you just want to get to the top go for via valencianos
Did this route 5. dec 08.
We climbed the route in February 09, and there are now more bolts than when I did the route 8 years ago, with nearly every stance sporting double abseil rings, with the exception of the stance at the end of the pitch into the cave (top of pitch 6).
Great route - 3 stars for me! Thanks for the comment about big hexes - taking them makes protection in the dihedrals and chimneys really comfortable! For me 2nd and final pitch are 5 at least! Pity that the second pitch is a little bit polished.
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Completed this route on 23 March 2012 in about five and a half hours including walk off. A brilliant route and worth 3* in my opinion. Shared stances with a few friendly gulls. Full rack of kit recomended. The move right from the small cave for me was the crux . !! Fantastic mountain experience. Lovely varied route and well recomended. Enjoy !!
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