It took a while before the new guide book came out again. And when it did, it was sure worth while to get it. Dream routes and new areas in granite, conglomarat and limestone – all found summerized in a valley and each one better than the next. Infact we did not climb any route that did not deserve a star the last week. I was practically amazed how international the scene has become, with annual boulder cups and rock climbing competitions, the area has developed well for the rock climber in the last few years. Read the rest of this entry »

Mention the word “Frankenjura” and your opposite stares at you glimply and says…oh! you mean the climbing area in the woods? Yes, hmmm ….. right! Many of the crags are all found hidden in the woods, which is why it’s rumoured to be Robin Hood’s hideout. Frankenjura is blessed with a huge bunch of crags spreaded all over. The majority of them are formed into 12-15m overhanging crags with thousands of finger pockets, dents and scarce bolts.  Of course, not all crags are this way… but thats the impression you’re going to take along with you after you leave Frankenjura.

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Sardegna is one of the most beautiful Islands opposite of Rome and about 9 Ferry Hours away from Livorno, where we took off on a lovely morning in Autumn. News had been brumming on the many new climbing areas that were supposed to be good. And there’s nothing stopping us from having a fantastic holiday climbing and beaching! There are numerous crags all over the island for climbing of all sorts – if you’re looking for Overhangs, alpine, or Slabs, climbing on the shore, or just bouldering Sardegna is the place to go. Believe me – you won’t get bored there! So there we were going off and bringing lots of Fight Gravity Impulse along, and hoping that it works. I’m going to give you here a short idea how the most of the new areas are – (new? anything that’s been bolted after ’96) as there are enough articles in the Internet on Sardegna. ..

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