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We saw some
articles about an awesome looking bouldering area near Madrid, El
Escorial. It is a mountain full of granite boulders and just a little
part has been developed. Too bad that we only had 3 days of bouldering
there, because there would have been so much more to explore.
The list:
'MONSTRUODE
LAS REGLETAS' is the hardest problem in the forest of El Escorial.
It was a project many people tried before. I did the first ascent
in an about an hour of trying like a virgin. Just one hard move,
the first, with small and slopey crimps (for this, the Spanish guys
already had figured out the name), bad foothold hard to keep body
tension.
'FEELING THE WIND' - 7c+ Bloc.
'ANTICRISTO SUPERSTAR' - 7c+ Bloc flash.
'BOURBON STREET' - 7c+ Bloc second try.
'KIKE YEL ESPACIO-TIEMPO' - 7c+/8a Bloc second try.
'KATAPULT' - 8a Bloc couple of tries.
'MEGAPUERTA' - 8a Bloc second go.
'KOMPRESSOR' - 7c Bloc flash.
' LA BALLENA' - 8a+ Bloc second ascent.
Very
near to Madrid there are so many other mountains with shitloads
of granite boulders. For example La Pedriza. It is not called The
Joshua Tree of Europe for nothing. It is a very very big area to
explore. One rest day was enough to have an awesome bouldering day
out there. The boulders are very crystal, sharp and a bit sandy
when you are the first who takes hand on rock. The boulders are
very blank, so you nearly need 10 boulders to find one line. This
makes the boulder problems, the lines, very unique, because when
you find a line, which is possible, it is outstanding. With our
friends from Madrid, Hector del Campo, Ivan and Daviz, we spent
an awesome day out there.
The hard and nice lines are:
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SHOW ME
THE WAY TO YOUR HEART YELLOW
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First
ascent.
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ELLIOT
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First
ascent.
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UMBRELLA
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First
ascent.
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KLAUSTROFOBIC
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Flash
first ascent.
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SUPERBEAUTIFUL
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First
ascent.
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