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Catalunya Report - F8c onsight, F9a new route

© Pete O'Donovan
After poor early-Autumn weather, conditions are finally improving in Catalunya, heralding a flurry of important ascents over recent days. Dani Andrada climbing as strongly as ever, returned to his beloved Santa Linya, where he established  'Analogica Natural (extension)' (9a) on the very steep rock to the right of 'Digital System' (8c).

Meanwhile, the awesome walls of Oliana (sector deportivo-Rumbau) played host to one of the most impressive weekend's climbing ever, as Chris Sharma on-sighted routes graded 8b+/8c and 8c on consecutive days.

The action started on Saturday morning, when our own Steve McClure, after very little preparation the day before, made a fine ascent (possibly the 4th) of 'Humildes pa Casa' (8c).

Read the full report with photos in this UKC mini article: Catalunya Report


Thanks got to Pete O'Donovan for his excellent report and stunning photography.


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9 Dec, 2008
Amazing! Thanks for that Pete, and nice pics.
9 Dec, 2008
Keep those Catalunya updates coming Pete.......very good. Any more info about Oliana Pete. where abouts is it, grade spread etc?? Looks amazing. Good to see Steve cranking it out for the "nearly vets", he can't be far off 40 now?
9 Dec, 2008
great stuff Pete....certainly more interesting than the usual UKC grit-centric grade spray that is proliferating lately.
9 Dec, 2008
I think only his hair is aging - a bit like dorain gray and the painting
9 Dec, 2008
one would have thought that after such a weekend Chris Sharma might have put his heels up, but in fact he went to Santa Linya and made the first ascent of 'Selecció Natural-extensión' (9a)! Ramón Julian also had a reasonable day on the same cliff, making the FA of a Dani Andrada project — 'Open your Mind -direct' (9a+?), before red-pointing 'Koala Mental' (8c) and warming down on 'Codigo Norte' (8b). Before anyone asks, no, I didn't get any pictures — after two consecutive days of jumaring and hanging around in space, I for one did need a rest! Re Oliana: It's an awesome cliff, but apart from a day's worth of 7a/b routes, strictly for the big boys. I think Steve wants to do something for CLIMB, so I'll not steal his thunder by revealing all here.
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