Margalef

Margalef is one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to and especially the area around Raco de les finestres. I would recommend anyone to go here, climber or not. It just doesn’t deserve to go unnoticed!

The climbing is just as good as they make it look in the movies, if you like pockets. Because it is all pockets, pockets, pockets. I loved it though it is quite hard on your fingers.

After about three days on, me and Bengt decided to have a rest day and go and look at the newly developed areas that we had heard of... There were talk about tufas and we just had to check out if this was true.

We walked far in to the canyon and soon we were surrounded by a jungle-like forest. After a while our trail turned in to a small path and then in to nothing more than a vague evidence that people (or animals) had been there before.

Then, there we stood with a beautiful view over an enormous wall of limestone on the other side of the canyon. We could see a few people multipitching on the wall and… there they were…the Chorreras of Margalef! We couldn’t believe the size of the tufas, they were gigantic!

All of a sudden I felt something licking my hand, surprised I looked down and saw a lone black dog standing there looking at me. I couldn’t spot the owner at first, but then a guy with blond hair came around the corner and and after him a Spanish looking girl. He looked up, called his dog and said hi with a smile. As they came closer we saw that it was no one less than Chris Sharma himself and Daila Ojeda. Chris Sharma walked past me but when he saw Bengt he reached out his hand and said. – Hey I think I’ve seen you before? Bengt shooke it, a bit stunned as if he had just met his childhood hero he replied  -I don’t know.. probably here..? Chris Sharma realized that he had mistaken Bengt for someone else so the rest of our conversation was short, we wished them good luck with their projects and they wished us a nice stay in Spain. Afterwards when Bengt came back to reality he said - Calle, you realize I can’t wash my hand for the rest of this trip!

Cranking

Nice climbing in a nice scenary

David enjoying life

Ted is catching his breath

Part of the big wall

The jungle

A climber in the center of the picture

Megatufas!