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Multipitch: Cavall Bernat East Arete / Port de Pollenca

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Multipitch: Cavall Bernat East Arete / Port de Pollenca

Quick info * An adventurous route in wild nature above the sea. * Wayfinding challenges on the approach and during the climbing. * 4 pitches / 185 meters * 3c / 4a / 3c / 3c * First three belays bolted, final belay needs to be built. All trad for intermediate protection. * Descent scramble and hike. General Forming the

A wild line above the sea - Climbing the Cavall Bernat East Arete

A wild line above the sea - Climbing the Cavall Bernat East Arete

Many visitors to Mallorca might know the Boquer valley as a great destination for hiking, climbers might even be aware of the boulders or the Agulla Boquer. However if you continue on out to the sea things get wild and a real alpine climb emerges.

Joy meets Fear on Penyal des Migdia

Joy meets Fear on Penyal des Migdia

After a few successful longer climbs Toby and I set our sights on the Espolon Aries. A route that even though it needs to be protected with trad gear looked like a fairly chill outing: We could not have been more wrong!

Climbing an unlikely trad line up the Puig d´Alaró

Climbing an unlikely trad line up the Puig d´Alaró

In our quest to discover and climb multi pitches on Mallorca Wolf and I attempted a very interesting line close to the village of Alaró on the foot of the Tramuntana. With only a rough topo and a single photo of the route Pepe Ramon we knew this would be quite the adventure.

Climbing the Sa Brexta tower in Sa Calobra

Climbing the Sa Brexta tower in Sa Calobra

The road down to Sa Calobra on Mallorca is well known to be one of the most stunning in Europe and in part of this landscape is one rock tower that literally sticks out. This is the story of our attempt to climb this beautiful and scary brute.

An epic day out on the Sa Gubia wall on Mallorca

An epic day out on the Sa Gubia wall on Mallorca

After starting out with rock climbing in April 2019 I would not have guessed that I would be high up on a multipitch climb later the same year. But in December 2019 a good friend and I tied in at the bottom of 250m Albahida route on Mallorca and started what was to be an epic day out.