Rheinland-Pfalz  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  2,147,483,647' Lat, Long:  49.9255, 7.6355 Map Page Views:  1,262. Good page?    Administrator:  Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Forestvonsinkafinger on Nov 15, 2010 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event

Pitch 2

Description 

With the capital of Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz contains a section of the Rhein river littered with castles, rieslings, crags, and a mermaid. The Lorelei is known to sing beautiful songs and comb her beautiful hair, luring captains to wreck their ships on her rock.
There are many low lying mountain chains that leave the Rhein and Moselle rivers. Wine (particularly riesling) is the major export. Another major import of the past are the Amish that have settled the mid-USA.
The red sandstone cliffs of the Pfälzerwald are certainly irresistible to a climber. Much of the climbing lies in a national park (Pfälzerwald naturpark). Ettringen, Kottenheim and Mayen have given us immaculate basalt quarry face and crack climbs. There are also amazing limestone crags in this state.

Getting There 

Fly to Frankfurt, get on the DB to your crag of choice. Another cheap option is to fly into Frankfurt-Hahn on Ryanair, where tickets for less than $10 can be purchased.

The Classics

Featured Route For Rheinland-Pfalz

Nordverschneidung 5.10b  International : Europe : ... : Jungfernsprung

P1 - follows a beautiful crack with a few jams and some happy stance stemming to a comfortable belay ledge about 25m upP2 - easier climbing with a mantle exit to a comfortable stance before entering into a beautiful lieback sequence with a small rest before a few happy finger jams to a spectacular jug. One more rest before the strenuous crux traverse to the top....[more]   Browse More Classics in International