Adjacent Areas
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Sport
Sun to mid-afternoon
Uphill
10 minsDry in the Rain
This short overhanging buttress, of compact smooth limestone, is the home of some very difficult routes. There are some natural routes but most are heavily chipped and glued. This may create some good athletic exercises - but is it cricket? It is up to you to make your mind up. Guidebook page 192.
| Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
1 |
Akuna Patata Just right of the terracing on the far left. | Technical | 6c+ |
2 |
La invasión de las morcas A short, sharp route up the wall just right. | 1 Stars | 7b+ |
3 |
Hazlo ahora The leaning and smooth wall via a weedy tufa. | 1 Stars Technical Strong Pumpy | 8b |
4 |
Jumping mecha flash Pass the break and head for the hanging flake. | 2 Stars Pumpy | 8a |
5 |
Desert Storm A fingery boulder problem start followed by strenuous jugs and a powerful move to finish. | 2 Stars Technical Strong | 8a |
6 |
El valle de los locos The direct on Desert Storm misses out all the jugs. | Technical Pumpy | 8b |
7 |
Ejecutión radical Sella's hardest route runs up the centre of the wall. | 1 Stars Technical Pumpy | 8c+ |
8 |
Mark of the Beast More sustained but less cruxy than Desert Storm. | 2 Stars Strong Pumpy | 8a |
9 |
Torrente Another outrageous line trending right up the wall. | 1 Stars Technical Strong Pumpy | 8b+ |
10 |
Bullarenque Start from the top of the block and head left. | 1 Stars Technical Strong Pumpy | 8c |
11 |
La generación yogur Superb climbing with an E2 jamming crack to finish. The start is harder than it looks. | 2 Stars Pumpy | 7a+ |
12 |
La fuerza de la costumbre Start up a couple of pockets then climb the rib above. | 2 Stars | 7c |
13 |
Conecta cuarto The left-hand branch above the diagonal crack. | Technical Strong Pumpy | 7c |
14 |
Estratego The diagonal pocket line has some reachy clips. | 2 Stars Technical Pumpy | 7c |
15 |
Copacabana The last two routes start above the terracing on the far right. This is the left-hand line. | Technical Pumpy | 7b+ |
16 |
El mejor matarife The right-hand line from the same start. | Technical | 7a |
