Mallorca - Should I Climb or Should I Swim
You might know the song November Rain from Guns N' Roses. I guess that weather likes it but it mixed the months and used December instead of November. So, the only reasonable thing was to look around and find some sun. Smart proposal from Maja took us to Mallorca!
After rather exciting travels, where some almost missed a plane, while for others a plane was
missing a schedule, we needed to "study" the topo.
We decided for a small crag Sa Font near Pollença where we were staying. According to the
topo it should offer superb "slightly overhanging slabs for beginners". We were a bit
suspicious about overhanging slabs but started bravely. At least till the first bolt ...
And when the slab became slightly more overhanging the fingers became slightly more tired.
(Don't touch the picture with the mouse ... delicate balance ...)
After whole afternoon of trying, master slab climber showed us, how it needs to be done.
Ok, enough of these climbing goats, let's go to the beach and see if fish can also climb on
Mallorca. Cala Magraner is an amazing climbing spot just at the beach. Some of the routes
actually start above the water.
So, should I go for a swim or up the wall? We were facing some hard decisions that day.
Bojan chose the second option and he didn't regret it. He also didn't find any fish on the
wall. Which was good, because we knew that we were the only masters of the rock here.
Battle of the day Alan vs the Overhang, guess who won at the end. Finally, the Overhang could
not fight off Alan's superb technique.
Maja needed a refreshment after climbing on the hot rock. We boys were not so brave and were
only watching from the distance.
You can't leave Mallorca without at least pretending that you are deep-water
soloing.
When we saw this Es
Pontàs arch we thought, with a bit of training we can climb the inner side of it
next year. But we later learned that it has already been done by a
screaming long-hair dude and that we do not have enough magnesia to do it anyway.
And at the end comes the best: "Goodbye!" from the Mallorca 2015 crew!