Canyoning in Mallorca
A Deranged Body Clock – Costa Blanca New Year
My body clock told me I should be climbing ice but, for one reason or another, here we were at Calpe with Ernie, half the FRCC and Terry Gifford not too far away. New Years Eve bolt clipping on Toix Placca. Well, could be worse 🙂 Sunset from the Toix looking south down Costa Blanca …
Climbing + Walking in Mallorca
We just got back from a week of late Mallorcan sun. The plan had been to mostly climb and get up Gubia Normal by the end of the week. In the event we found the climbing just a bit too hard for us, most crags grades started at 4+ and my trad leading is still …
Why does Terry call us "cats"?
Terry’s trip report from the Costa Durada, near Barcelona, came in ‘pre-internet’ form; a postcard! I’m sure Terry got some great climbing done in Spain. But he has asked the obvious question – why does he call us cats? Oh, and what does that Spanish on the postcard say?
Pete (finally, and only just) Passes his AFF
Aranjuez
On our last morning in Spain (after learning to skydive, check this) we explored the beautiful 'Royal City' we were staying in, Aranjuez.





