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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:
Click here for larger image.'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.

Click here for larger image.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

First ascent.

ELLIOT

First ascent.

UMBRELLA

First ascent.

KLAUSTROFOBIC

Flash first ascent.

SUPERBEAUTIFUL

First ascent.

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