Comments for Mark Glaister's Blog http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister Just another ROCKFAX weblog Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:36:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 Comment on Midnight Sunshine by Jonas Wiklund http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2008/07/03/midnight-sunshine/#comment-40 Jonas Wiklund Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:46:21 +0000 http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2008/07/03/midnight-sunshine/#comment-40 Go to Tromso! Kvalsoya is fantastic, with a much more "artic" feel to it than Lofoten. I spent two days climbing on Baugen on the best granite I have ever encountered! We ran into local hero Havard Nesheim who claimed that the granite in Patagonia was almost as good as on Baugen, but as I haven't been to Patagonia yet I cannot compare. Go to Tromso! Kvalsoya is fantastic, with a much more “artic” feel to it than Lofoten. I spent two days climbing on Baugen on the best granite I have ever encountered! We ran into local hero Havard Nesheim who claimed that the granite in Patagonia was almost as good as on Baugen, but as I haven’t been to Patagonia yet I cannot compare.

]]> Comment on Chorro Time by Spilla http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2007/12/30/chorro-time/#comment-39 Spilla Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:14:15 +0000 http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2007/12/30/chorro-time/#comment-39 G'Day Mark, Good fun reading your Chorro time blog, it brought back very fond memories. Tommo, Damien, Nat and myself will be back out in December as it seems we can't get enough of the place. Hopefully staying at Alan and Helens...speaking of which its good to see the most important member of the Alora team on the website....Lola :) Looking forward to the updated guide, hope our comments helped you out and I'll be completed chuffed if "Barking y Baking" makes it into the guide. Have a good one and maybe see you later on in the sun. Spilla G’Day Mark,

Good fun reading your Chorro time blog, it brought back very fond memories. Tommo, Damien, Nat and myself will be back out in December as it seems we can’t get enough of the place. Hopefully staying at Alan and Helens…speaking of which its good to see the most important member of the Alora team on the website….Lola :)

Looking forward to the updated guide, hope our comments helped you out and I’ll be completed chuffed if “Barking y Baking” makes it into the guide.

Have a good one and maybe see you later on in the sun.

Spilla

]]> Comment on Spring Just Sprung by Chris Craggs http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2008/05/09/spring-just-sprung/#comment-25 Chris Craggs Sat, 10 May 2008 18:34:26 +0000 http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2008/05/09/spring-just-sprung/#comment-25 Bloody Hell, reading about your and Alan's weather 'luck' and already knowing about Alan's on other trips we best get as many routes done as we can before you pair arrive! Chris ;-) Bloody Hell, reading about your and Alan’s weather ‘luck’ and already knowing about Alan’s on other trips we best get as many routes done as we can before you pair arrive!

Chris ;-)

]]> Comment on Back from the sun by Nic http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2008/03/19/back-from-the-sun/#comment-23 Nic Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:10:56 +0000 http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2008/03/19/back-from-the-sun/#comment-23 Mark if you still want some help with the Abdalajis section let me know - I've been there a few times (climbing and otherwise) so may be able to help. Get something to me soon as I am off to Mallorca next week! Nic Mark

if you still want some help with the Abdalajis section let me know - I’ve been there a few times (climbing and otherwise) so may be able to help. Get something to me soon as I am off to Mallorca next week!

Nic

]]> Comment on Chorro Time by MARTYN NICHOLSON http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2007/12/30/chorro-time/#comment-15 MARTYN NICHOLSON Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:00:37 +0000 http://blog.rockfax.com/mark-glaister/2007/12/30/chorro-time/#comment-15 Hi mark Glad to hear that El chorro guide will be updated this year. Access via the tunnels seems to vary. Last Easter the police were turning people away although he did suggest coming before 10am and retuning after 6 as he wouldn't be there then! We have house at Montejaque where there is good climbing nearby although we can't track down topo's. 5 mins drive away is benaojan which is on Desnivel website. Grazalema has a newish sector with perfect pockets from 5a to 6b+, well left of the hard overhanging sector. Martyn (Kendal) Hi mark
Glad to hear that El chorro guide will be updated this year. Access via the tunnels seems to vary. Last Easter the police were turning people away although he did suggest coming before 10am and retuning after 6 as he wouldn’t be there then!
We have house at Montejaque where there is good climbing nearby although we can’t track down topo’s. 5 mins drive away is benaojan which is on Desnivel website.
Grazalema has a newish sector with perfect pockets from 5a to 6b+, well left of the hard overhanging sector.
Martyn (Kendal)

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