ali k

...living in catalunya...climbing the rocks...

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Location
reus, spain

Best Climbing Experience
too many to choose a best but these are some memorable ones (most recent first)

- watching the first sunrise of 2012 from 'la guerre sainte' in wadi rum. up there with 'fiesta' as a contender for the best multipitch sport route ever

- climbing on the naranjo de bulnes with a perfect cloud inversion below, following a week waiting in the cloud and rain [after an entire night of throwing up and stomach cramps, getting up at 4am and climbing for 12hrs was also THE worst climbing experience of my life!]

- 'fiesta de los biceps' at riglos. the best multipitch sport route in the world – ‘nuff said

- finishing salbit west ridge after a looong day climbing and a monumental epic the night before

- a week in cavallers with perfect weather, amazing granite, no people, and beautiful wild camping

- clipping the chains of 'kalea borroka' after months of effort – the route I had most wanted to do since arriving in siurana (and also my first F8b+)

- soloing 'electric blue' at rhoscolyn in the late evening sunshine at the end of a great day of on-sighting

- topping out on stetind (arctic norway) at midnight with a beautiful orange sunset/sunrise over the fjords...then rushing back down to the tent before the rain started

- flashing 'l’abbe resina' straight out of the car after driving through the night to font...then chilling for the rest of the morning in the forest with beer & pastries

- 'high noon' at caley. by no means my hardest, but probably the route I’d most wanted to on-sight

- first ever trip to font - young, psyched, crammed into a formula 1 with good mates and totally blown away by it

Recent Postings

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• Progress... 22-Feb-13
• The year so far... 25-Jan-13
• End of year round-up 21-Dec-12
• Summer hols, getting hitched & honeymoon! 24-Oct-12
• Another video effort 21-May-12
• La Riba without a rope 14-May-12
• Good times in Font 10-Apr-12
• February round-up 11-Mar-12
• Contracorriente allargada...finally! 21-Feb-12
• El Cogul 04-Feb-12

Articles by ali k

• Siurana Revisited May/2011

UKC Volunteer
Moderator for 30 crags, checking missing climbs added to the logbooks: La Mussara, Mont-ral, Arboli, Siurana - Valley, Siurana - Village, La Riba, Cogullons, Margalef, Travessani, Saint Leger, Terradets - Les Bruixes, Montsant, Chulilla, Masriudoms, Becco di Valsoera, El Cogul, Castell de les Dames, Roca Roja de Corones, Les coves de Ribes, Caporal, Scoglio di Mroz, Ancesieu, Camarasa, Vilanova de Meià, Àger, Pinell de Brai, Mont-roig, Llaberia, Tivissa, El Penitent

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User Profile

registered 01/Nov/05
updated 27/Nov/12

Age
29

Best Onsights
Trad - E6
Sport - 8a
Bouldering - f7C

Worked Grades
Trad - E8
Sport - 8b+
Bouldering - f8A

Favourite Climbs
kalea borroka - siurana
end of the affair - curbar
fiesta de los biceps - riglos
murciana route - naranjo de bulnes
la guerre sainte - wadi rum
itaca nel sole + rattle snake - orco
west ridge - salbitschijen
positron - gogarth
vestpillaren - lofoten islands
tyrion - haegefjell
the axe - cloggy
zoolook - malham
mirage - ceuse
el marginao - arbolí
venus - balme de yenne
narcissus - froggatt
mescalito - malham
supersonic - high tor
the moon - gogarth
energia positiva - terradets
pinnacle arete/hand traverse - cloggy
silly arete - tremadog
high noon - caley
edge lane - millstone
cala goloritze - sardinia
requiem - cratcliffe
downhill racer - froggatt
right wall - cromlech
archangel - stanage
bow wall - bosigran
freeborn man - connor cove
heaven crack - stanage
regent street - millstone
botterill's slab - scafell
aviation - hay tor
rainbow games - carn gowla

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