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Teverga new routes #3

January 10, 2019 by Roca Verde Climbing Leave a Comment

Happy new year everyone. As it’s now 2019 it would seem to be a good time to round up what’s been happening in 2018 and maybe a good place to start is the ever busy valley of Teverga. There’s plenty of new routes so I’m going to put them up in three posts…the next sectors are sectors that were started in 2018 La Isla and Mundo Perdido.

Croquis del Mundo perdido

Mundo Perdido is quite a big sector and has a wide range of grades and styles of routes, 6ª+ hasta 8ª+. It features typical Tevergan long grey slabs to overhanging red/brown limestone with the typical holds this rock produces and one great thing is the right hand part of this sector stays basically dry in winter. The approach is a steep 15 minute uphill hike!! La Isla is a short 5 two minutes from the road and at the moment is a much smaller and mainly features harder 7s. However, I’m pretty sure that soon there’ll be some more routes soon and in the easier grades too.

Like always these new routes are never the work of a single person and so it’s easier to thank everyone who is usually involved in new routing in Teverga so thanks go to Lolo, Miguelín, Berto, Hectorín, Moss, Mulero, Gali, Raúl, Josete, Jose Camino, Armando, Cesar, Junior, Pablo Martín, Tino, Javi López, Mariluz, Pablo, Diego, Dani, Anselmo, Richie, Javi Garzo, Brillan, Espolita and anyone else who’s helped!!

Como llegar a los sectores Río, Mundo perdido y La isla — Getting to the new sectors.

And remember if you do come to Teverga that all these routes are made possible by the work of the local climbing club so if you do stay in the parking area it’s worth remembering that you can make a donation at the club hut to help with bolts and bolting!!

Santi, en el Mundo Perdido Ph Eduardo Velasco

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Filed Under: Climbing, climbing guide book, New routes Tagged With: Asturias, Climbing in Teverga, climbing northern spain, Cordillera Cantabrica, guide book, roca verde climbing, rock climbing, rock climbing asturias, spanish climbing, sport climbing, Teverga

Teverga new routes #2

January 8, 2019 by Roca Verde Climbing Leave a Comment

Happy new year everyone. As it’s now 2019 it would seem to be a good time to round up what’s been happening in 2018 and maybe a good place to start is the ever busy valley of Teverga. There’s plenty of new routes so I’m going to put them up in three posts…and the next sectors are also sectors that was mainly finished in 2017; La Falda and La Galeria.

The new sectors..

These sectors in reality are an extension of Muro Techo – if you keep walking past the existing routes you will get to them in a minute more. La falda (the skirt) is the huge slab while Sector La galeria is the section of tough tufas which overhang the slab below. The routes in general are all quite intricate climbing and with a good spread of grades it’s a great place for a mixed ability group – it’s also worth noting that a 70m rope is needed for nearly all of these as they’re longer than they look. The routes in ‘the gallery’, La galleria, which start from the ‘salathe’ ledge are almost the exact opposite; short steep and generally quite brutal. They also put a bit of fear into the proceedings as, starting at 35 metres, the cruxes are at about 50 metres off the ground!!

En la repisa ‘Salathe’ abajo de las vías de La Galeria…on the ‘salathe’ ledge…

Like always these new routes are never the work of a single person and so it’s easier to thank everyone who is usually involved in new routing in Teverga so thanks go to Lolo, Miguelín, Berto, Hectorín, Moss, Mulero, Gali, Raúl, Josete, Jose Camino, Armando, Cesar, Junior, Pablo Martín, Tino, Javi López, Mariluz, Pablo, Diego, Dani, Anselmo, Richie, Javi Garzo, Brillan, Espolita and anyone else who’s helped!! And remember if you do come to Teverga that all these routes are made possible by the work of the local climbing club so if you do stay in the parking area it’s worth remembering that you can make a donation at the club hut to help with bolts and bolting!!

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Teverga new routes #1

January 6, 2019 by Roca Verde Climbing Leave a Comment

Happy new year everyone. As it’s now 2019 it would seem to be a good time to round up what’s been happening in 2018 and maybe a good place to start is the ever busy valley of Teverga. There’s plenty of new routes so I’m going to put them up in three posts…and so the first sector is also a sector that was mainly finished in 2017 and has been popular for a year – especially as it’s a really good summer venue – Sector Rio.

Croquis de Sector Rio / Sector Rio new routes

This sector is easy to get to from the same parking as La cuesta and is situated on the right, on the other side of the river as you exit the tunnel into Teverga. It’s a crag of two parts; one a steep wall of about 30 metres which gives fingery wall climbing, while the other is a very slabby slab which is shorter but pretty brutal if you don’t like very difficult limestone slabs!!

Como llegar a los sectores Río, Mundo perdido y La isla — Getting to the new sectors.

The wall has about 18 routes and although the majority are in the 7s there’s a couple of easier routes too. All are steep and fingery and provide some great test-pieces and maybe the only negative is that the rock is not quite as good as in the rest of Teverga and there are a few small sections that you need to be careful on. As I said before this is a great summer sector as it never gets the sun – so watch out in winter!! The slab gets the occasional ray of sun and is a place for those who like slabs featuring difficult climbing on demanding rock – that’s not a unique experience for Teverga but the style maybe!

Javi Solares a vista en Río bravo, sector Río

Like always these new routes are never the work of a single person and so it’s easier to thank everyone who is usually involved in new routing in Teverga so thanks go to Lolo, Miguelín, Berto, Hectorín, Moss, Mulero, Gali, Raúl, Josete, Jose Camino, Armando, Cesar, Junior, Pablo Martín, Tino, Javi López, Mariluz, Pablo, Diego, Dani, Anselmo, Richie, Javi Garzo, Brillan, Espolita and anyone else who’s helped!!

And remember if you do come to Teverga that all these routes are made possible by the work of the local climbing club so if you do stay in the parking area it’s worth remembering that you can make a donation at the club hut to help with bolts and bolting!!

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7b+ to 8b+ in one year…#1

January 31, 2018 by Roca Verde Climbing Leave a Comment

Can an old dog learn some new tricks…?

That was the question I set myself a while ago when I embarked on a mission to move from my grade of 7b+ and to try to climb the ‘magic’ grade of 8b+ – and all in less than a year…

So with the help of Lattice Training and some other cool people  including the amazing Steve McClure I set off down a road of a years training to try to complete my mission…

Pipe dream, mid-life crisis, I’m not sure…but it was a lot of fun…

 

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La Hermida guide in stores across northern Spain…

July 15, 2017 by Roca Verde Climbing Leave a Comment

After a hectic week of deliveries – then re-deliveries after the books sold out – our new guidebook is available in a ton of shops and bars across the region. And as the first batch sold out so quickly so we’ve done a second visit and loaded the stores with copies.

A quick list of the stores with books in the La Hermida region is:
Santander – Eiger Sport
Torrelavega – K2 Aventura
La Hermida – La Cuadrona /  Andaras
Potes – Tienda Indiana / Bar La Reunion / Libreria Vela / Bustamante de Potes
Arenas de Cabrales – La Tienda Nueva / Cendon
Cangas de Onis – Tuñon – Libreria Imagen

Then further west – around Oviedo and the Valles de Trubia:
Gijón – Indoor Wall
Aviles – Gravity Climbing
Oviedo – D-Ruta / Oxigeno
Valles de Trubia – Bar Sobia, Entrago / Bar Aladino, San Martin / Club de Montana Aguja de Sobia, Entrago.

Or you can buy the book direct from our pages…

http://bit.ly/BuyLaHermida

La guiá contiene un montón de fotos nuevas muy chulas de la escalada del valle...The guidebook cover features two of the most prominent climbers of the area...
La guiá contiene un montón de fotos nuevas muy chulas de la escalada del valle…The guidebook cover features two of the most prominent climbers of the area…

 

 

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