Mallorca beta
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Hey All, |
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There is a rock-fax guide to Mallorca that you should get, if you havn't already... |
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Nathaniel Gustafson wrote:-Does anyone have any experience with the local climbing community there? Are there a lot of local climbers?Ran into local climbers last fall at Sa Gubia, just north of Palma. Super friendly. Went out of their way to give us a ride back to our car. They were from Palma. There's a local gear store in Palma, for sure. You'll have a blast. |
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I have the guidebook on order. |
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Nathaniel Gustafson wrote:Brian, do you have any idea if there is a gym in Palma?I don't. There's a number of guide services listed on the 'net, though, and contact through one of them may be productive. Try canyoning guides, too. Some of the popular sport climbing crags will have folks to bump into, no doubt. You might toss a shout out on UK climbers website too. |
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Cool, I think I will post something up on UK Climbers. |
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The rockfax guide works but I would prefer to buy the guide written by Miguel Riera, a local climber. You could find this in any climbing shop on the island. He also wrote a guide for the DWS. |
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Think about taking a side trip at some point during your stay to Menorca. |
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Just to elaborate, when I said cool -- not like yosemite cool. |
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D. Durrant: Cool, I've heard good things about Miquel 's guide. I will pick one up when I get there. |
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I am going to be in Mallorca in the first week of July. I need help in finding a gear rental place for both sport and deep water solo climbing (a camera rental for this would be kind of nice, or at least someone to photograph me so I can show my family what I'm up to... or um, falling off of). |
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Resurrecting this to see if anybody is willing to share any beta for a trip to Mallorca. I'll have 1 (maybe 2) days to climb as part of a trip with my wife and kids. Looking for recommendations, partners, guide service recommendations for deep-water soloing. Any information would be greatly appreciated. |
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Your best bet with a family is probably Cala Barques. It has some really fun DWS and a great beach. I spent a couple of weeks there with my wife and young kids 7-8 years ago. I also climbed in the Cova del Diablo which is not at all family friendly. It was pretty easy to hook up with other climbers at Cala Barques and the routes are not overly scary, although you are free soloing. The approach is kinda weird and I don't know if the access has changed. We had to park along a country road and walk about a half kilometer to get to the beach. I had never deep water soloed prior to my trip there and don't know about any guide services for psicobloc specifically. Being comfortable on 5.12 or harder is probably a prerequisite to having a good experience, as the best routes are quite overhanging. |
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my wife and I are heading to Mallorca in October for 8 nights, we booked 3 on the southeast coast to check out the DWS and 5 nights in Sóller...However, just today the airbnb in Sóller canceled our reservation (that we made in February)...so now it's back to the drawing board and I'm wondering/asking those in the know, is that the best area to book our last 5 nights in Mallorca? we do want to check out Sa Gubia and we will have a car....open to suggestions as we look for new accommodations... |
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We stayed in Cala D’Or for a week last month and enjoyed that. Cheap housing and 20 minutes from everything. We were climbing. Highly recommend the crag Cala Bota it was probably my favorite place it’s sport climbing on a cliff over the ocean absolutely beautiful. Also Tijuana wall and Cala Magranar. Cala D’Or is also very close to all the DWS spots that are most popular |
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thank you Tanner. Very helpful. |
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Hey, anybody wanna join me climbing in Mallorca? I climb 7a(+) and have 10 draws. Also looking forward to DWS. I would appreciate if I could join you! |