Spain's Extremadura, Cáceres, Trujillo & Mérida by Kelly Lipscomb

Author:Kelly Lipscomb [Lipscomb, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hunter
Published: 2011-05-12T16:00:00+00:00

Rock Climbing (escalada): The five major mountain chains - the Pyrenees, Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema Iberico, Sistema Central and Sistema Bética - offer innumerable bolted routes with practically every grade of difficulty represented. Of course, the highest peaks, those over 3,000 m (9,850 feet), are irresistible to experienced climbers, with Mulhacén (3,478 m/11,408 feet), Spain's highest mainland peak, the most coveted summit. Apart from the major mountain chains, two other destinations enjoy worldwide reputations among climbers: the chasms of El Chorro in the Málaga province of Andalucia and the serrated crags of Montserrat outside Barcelona in Cataluña. Spanish climbers use the French climbing scale rather than the American scale (listed in parentheses) to grade their routes (from least to most difficult): 2 (5.2-5.3), 3 (5.4), 4 (5.5), 5a (5.6), 5b (5.8), 5c (5.9), 6a (5.10b-5.10c), 6b (5.10d-5.11b), 6c (5.11c), 7a (5.11d-5.12a), 7b (5.12b), 7c (5.12c), 7c+ (5.13a), 8a (5.13c), 8b+ (5.14a), 8c, 8c+ and 9a. For information or climbing connections in Spain, contact the Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada (C/ Floridablanca 15, 08015 Barcelona, tel. 93 426 42 67, fax 93 426 33 87, www.fedme.es).

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