montserat
finaly i escaped the city for one day. no traffic, just some tourists, no noise and hurry. went to montserat to climb a bit with some friends.
can't describe the landscape, towers of stone resembling the ones in the saxionian "elbsandsteingebirge", bright as the limestone in "dolormiten". in the background you see the pyrenees with snow already on their tops and at the same time feel the sun on your back and on the stone you are climbing.
a famous monastery is there too and a few others that atract the tourists. you can of course climb there too.
the stone is strange. its some kind of conglomerate and consists out of limestone, sandstone, porphyre and various othere types of stone that are bound together in something that looks and feels like concrete. when climbing, you always get the feeling that those stones will break out of the wall but they are quite solid. strange strucktures though.
it seems to be easy, is good secured, is not at all sloppy but consists out of sloppers so it counsumes a lot of strengths. i found it quite hard but the landscape is breathtaking and it gives you reason to practice...
ypsilon - 2004-11-14 20:04
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