TimL Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 (edited) Trip: Riglos, Spain - Various Date: 8/22/2007 Trip Report: Riglos Spain....sorta sport climbing......kinda bolted.....sorta ran out......sorta crappy conglomerate.....really overhanging......sorta one of the most classic series of walls in Spain and fairly terrifying! El Pison - One of the main bigger walls to climb in Riglos. So this summer the boss and I decided to stay in Spain and explore the Pyrennes for our European (6 week) he...he...he. vacation. Anyways, after spending about 4 weeks in the mountains, we got rained and snowed out and had to drop down to the foothills to escape. Normally you don't climb in Riglos during the summer. It's only a fall and spring destination. But the temps dropped enough that we were able to squek out a couple days of climbing. The boss on Espolon Ademelo. An easy "classic" that we managed to get up. Climbers pulling hard on a shourt route. The thing about Riglos is that it is super steep. Some route are almost impossible to retreat because it's too steep. Another thing, unlike Montserrat, which is conglomerate as well, the rock at Riglos is OK. So you might ask the question why climb there? Well, after the terrifying part passes, it's pretty fun. Most routes are sparsely bolted. In reality, this type of rock is really hard to protect. Where there are cracks, the rock is bad. Thats why most routes are totally bolted. I say bolted in a very conservative way. The bolts, where you can find them, are fairly spased apart and most routes here at least have pitches of 10+. And they are super overhanging. At Riglos I aided 10- and 10+, while a week early I was onsighting at about a billion times harder. Thank god the hard parts are fairly well bolted. Due to the crappy rock, you often see people take wingers! It's really a great place to climb. The actual town is right below the walls so you could almost toss a rock into the bar....and order a strong drink while on route. Typical house at the base of the routes, or at least about 5 minutes away. I guess the person in this house had had enough. Look closely to see if you can find the Spanish flag of surrender! Gear Notes: rope, rack, balls and some draws Approach Notes: 5 minutes from the bar seat to the start of the routes. Edited October 22, 2007 by TimL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Totally cool pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetBoss Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Tim, you still look like a ghey tool. Good job on the climbing & pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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