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Rodellar - now world famous venue for sport climbing
The Rodellar gorge from the village
Conveniently located on the walk-in and shaded in the mornings; El Camina is the Rodellar warm-up crag. The routes are shorter and less steep than elsewhere but even still they demand attention. Bonny (F6b+) is not untypical
Gran Boveda - one of the 'big three' of Rodellar as seen from the top of the gorge
Fanthkes o panthere (F7a) on Nuit de Temps stands guard over the valley and is one of the more accommodating of the Gran Boveda routes
From the hands of one F. Lombard, Delocalisation (F8a) isn't the easiest tick on the wall as you might imagine
Agro (F8a) takes a steep wall but is something of a side-show when compared the routes just left again such as Gladiator (F8b), Geminis (F8c)
The exact opposite of many of Rodellar's routes is the short, but super powerful un-named JM Trinh Thieu offering on the extreme left of Gran Boveda which weighs-in c.F8c/+. Steve McClure demos the starting moves
The ever-visible church of Rodellar as seen from the top of the gorge
Fruit trees in the village are ten a penny
The local hillsides as seen above the Rodellar roof tops
There's something about a roof-top cross that makes you want to photograph them...
More Rodellar signs
Inviting doorways aren't un-common…
Rodellar is awash with colour in the spring
Clinging to the rock better than most climbers, this Rodellar regular is a beauty
And wouldn't you know it - right in the bottom a river runs through it (Rodellar Gorge)
Had a hard day? Guess what they sell?
It's climbing Jim but not as we know it: Rodellar's iron road (a.k.a. Via Ferrata) weaves it's spectacular way up a big chunk of rock at the top of the gorge
Rodellar's easiest crag by a mile; and what a location it has as well right next to the river
Coito luminoso en el valle del Tsui (F7b+) climbs one sweet-looking wall on La Surgencia: lovers of vertical walls should love this route
El Delfin (F7c+) is man-made and proud of it; or so it seems. Steep too...
Is there a better F8a at Rodellar than Acravita (F8a), Ventanas del Mascun?
Steve McClure crusing The King of Metals (F8a+): Ventanas del Mascun
Leo Tard (stage name - no publicity box ticked...) bearing down on the steep start of El lado oscuro de la fuerza (F8a+); a route as hard to re-point and to say out loud
Mike Langley silhouetted on the final moves of the super steep El lado oscuro de la fuerza (F8a+); Ventenas del Mascun
Steve McClure cranking out an on-sight of Espirit rebeld (F8b) on the back wall of Ventanas del Mascun
Heading' home? Soak up that atmosphere then...
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