Photos by kalcario

Resubmitted because I accidentally chopped the old one...upgraded to 14a - broken holds

Shady mid-day hangout with brilliant namesake 12c route as main attraction

Described to me by area developer Carlos Logrono as the best route at Rodellar, this route is 120' tall and overhangs the base by 75', my proudest send in Europe (so far)

Dirty Dancing 12b Clark Cyn..........................

Dirty Dancing 12b Clark Cyn.......................................

Dirty Dancing 12b Clark Cyn photo by RGrigs

Dirty Dancing 12b Clark Cyn.......................................

12c at Echo cliffs, CA, photo Rich Grigsby

Pocket pulling on steep tall conglomerate-tuff in the Santa Monica Mntns north of LA, Feb 8 04 photo by Rich Grigsby

Up on a long ledge 200' off the ground are an excellent selection of routes photo by Ben banks

Up on a long ledge 200' off the ground are an excellent selection of routes photo by Ben banks

Climber from Alicante on the 140' long Els Elaments, 14a at Montsant photo by Ben Banks

Your basic cookiecutter tract house in Siurana, with the usual medieval fortifications to keep out the rif-raf

Across the valley from Siurana is this tall south facing cliff, good selection of routes

The view of Mont Sant from the town of Siurana.........

Ben getting ready to hike up to the Raco de Misa, the wall on the left, a stout 20 minute uphill trudge, like 1/3 of the hike to Ceuse...this is home to the famous Hidrophobia 14a that Katie Brown and Tommy Caldwell flashed, also home to the even more awesome Els Elements 14a, both of which have been onsighted in the same day by 2 different guys, Ramonet and E. Marin... an incredible crag with a great selection of routes from 6c to 8b+

The orange-streaked walls on the left are overhanging, super high quality pocketed limestone, 1/2 hour from Barcelona with a 30 min. hike, if you're into 80-100' high enduro pocket climbing, don't miss it. Did a 12b there called Discordia that goes up the fatty orange streak that I swear is one of the best routes I've ever done. Topo at: http://www.kpujo.com/english/resenyes/vermell/senglar/senglar.htm Also Simon Carter's shots of this same crag at www.onsight.com.au/gallery/overseas/spain/montserat/main.htm

Ben Banks cranking through 100' of 2-finger pockets on a 12c at Mont Sant, Spain

Jack on yet another sweet pocket route at the sector Barrots, Mont Sant, Spain

Jack near the top of the first 12b pitch of a 2 pitch 13c at Alquezar, Spain. The classic 7c Scorpio is to his left on the headwall.

Jack Marshall on a 12a at the Pared de la Colegiata, Alquezar, Spain

Marc Roth on Blanche Fesse 5.12d Ceuse France

Marc Roth on Mirage 5.13a at Ceuse, the anchors are out of the picture and guarded by a notorious 20' runout (the crux)

the left side of the main cliff at Rodellar

Yours truly on the steepest 5.12a you will ever see, 60' long with a 40' overhang photo by Irene Ribelles

Asturiano hardman Honorino Montes going big on Trom, 8b, Cueva de Boyu in N. Spain

This is the first line right of Ergometria...............................

Super steep 7a+ on a remarkable rollercoaster-like arch formation called the Ventanas de Mascun

Vague tufas and slopers on a slightly overhanging wall, on excellent gold and blue limestone

The left side of this crag holds such classics as Watermark, 8b+ and Ya Somos Olympicos, 7b+

Probably the best hard sport crag in S. Spain and packed with great routes in the 7b-8b+ range

The Hidden Valley, Sella, Spain, the best crag in Southern Spain after El Chorro, the Wild Side is in the shade left of the house

Me on my all-time favorite route, the best 13a at the best limestone crag on Earth...photo by Dean Goolsby, it's a flatbed scan of a print, Dean I want that negative!

Bird Lew on the 5.11c left of Orange Juice. what's it's name?......................

some top rope at Donner Summit....................................

High School english teacher Loren in Australia a few years ago.............

Where you go to prove yourself as a rock climber........................

here's Irene hiking up to the Ventanas at the limestone fantasyland of Rodellar...

I was more impressed by the unclimbed stone on the other side of the dammed valley on the way to this crag than I was by the crag itself, more of a local's crag really

On the way to the Planet X crag is this cool little cave with routes from 11a to 13c

Roadside. Teverga is an excellent destination whether you climb 5c or 8c and you could drill here for years...

This is the main wall at Valdehuesa at the left end of the crag, characterized by bolted-on and manufactured holds, the upper right side is slabbier and more natural... excellent quality rock, worth a visit

the gran boveda at Rodellar,routes up to 120 feet high, easiest 7b+ and only one of those, Coliseum 8a takes the left of center groove/crack line, overhangs 75' in 120

Unhung,er I mean unsung Valley hero Kevin Fosburg on...............................

Climbers on p.3 of Hotline (5.12c or 5.11b A0) Elephant Rock YNP. The pitches are 11b inch and-a-quarter to 12c face traverse, 10b handcrack, 5.9 corner, weird 10d flare squeeze thing and 10b face to the top of the pinnacle.

Scott Cosgrove and Doug McDonald, early 90's, Cave Boulder, Buttermilks

Described in the guidebook as the easiest route in the Madness cave, rumor has it that this may no longer be true due to things breaking off...

SoCal stalwart Mike Waugh flashing yet another great 12c bucket haul at the Red, Mike is 40 something and on sights 12c regularly...

Both this route and Steelworker 5.12c to its right are probably the best routes for their grades in the Red, although there are about 10 12c's at the Red that are brilliant

A brilliant addition to an already sick collection of crags, the Dark Side is like a steeper and more pocketed version of the Undertow wall at the Motherlode. The Solar Collector is a few minutes walk from here and is awesome too...