We could lie like scoundrels and say that climbing the Utah desert towers a breeze. A holiday destination with the same adventure as Orlando, but no. Approximations road, with real risk of crushing the door against a rock in the dry bed of a river, talus that takes an hour to climb, sun, heat, lack of water, very athletic rockclimbing on rock sometimes dubious and incredible summit. To successfully complete a trip of this kind it is mandatory to find tougth friends, those ones that remain humorous when a tire is flat on a deserted dirt road and can take many days without having a shower. Apart from all these little inconveniences climbing in Utah is an absolute blast.

Photogalery of Desert Towers

After many summers going to Galayos, virtually every weekene, it is important to ha a gook list of well-considered resons. So when you are asked by a friend, a coworker, a mother, a boss or a girlfriend you can get by gracefully and you will not look silly to go many times to the same site on which there is not a shred of comfort. A place inhabited by people who can not take a shower, because there is no running water, and supplies should be carried in a backpack because it cannot get even a donkey. So for a whole summer has been dedicated to asking people we met there: What is your reason for goint to Galayos?

32 Reasons for going to Galayos

Have a few days and enough energy to visit the kingdom of off-widths and chimneys? Vedauwo is your place. Upon arrival it is striking that all climbers are hanging from the pack a friend’s number six. Some even have two. And that’s not counting the heavy artillery that’s in the backpack, which may include one or more “Big Bro”. To complete the team well taped hands and a few others with the subject of trouser with a few turns of tape. Disguised in this manner will escalate any delicate plates strips, but they will do bad things, putting half body inside a crack and dragging it all the way to the top.

Photogalery of Vedauwoo

Complete change of direction. No exotic travel or sleep in a tent in the middle of a desert. While in the middle of Old Europe things are not done this way. You have to rent a house, a car, sleeping on a bed and sometimes dinner at a restaurant. Just park your car seems that the guide has deceived you, because there is no climbable feature in sight, but after a five minute walk through the forest and a sandstone tower suddenly appears through the trees. All efforts have been worthwhile.

Photogalery of Vosges

What bigger disappointment! When going to Rock & Block at Buñol, we thought everything was going to end up with a fabulous mini-tomatina. Nothing at all. There were only world-class climbers really struggling. There were even prizes and a podium. We refuse to return to a so serious event.

Photogalery of Rock&Block

Video of Rock&Block

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is Sputnik Climbing sending “El Matador” at full speed. It’s hard to condense a place like this in a handful of phrases and a few photos. Always misses some image or some anecdote. But once again when you see on paper you are satisfied. A very personal look of great site that will hopefully encourage someone to visit.

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Family and climbing life are not always easy to connect.

It is called Bulder King, but its name does not matter at all, as there are plenty of places like this everywhere. Usually a local garage or basement that after a few months of sawing and drilling, becomes climbing gym. From that moment and on amazing things begin to happen down there. For regular visitors is just routine, but anyone coming from the outside world think he just found a group of Aliens. Hands full of magnesium, shouts and people jumping from side to side or by suspension or pull ups.

Photogalery of Bulder King

But are not extrange people at all: They are your neighbor, your office mate or your children’s teacher. At first they felt the distrust of people in the outside world, but now look at everything with the confidence to be a companion training.

People from Bulder King