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potreroed
Aug 23, 2007, 8:16 PM
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El Potrero Chico near Monterrey in northern Mexico has 2000 foot walls that are bolted for free climbing!!
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wallwombat
Aug 24, 2007, 7:17 AM
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www.cutc.org.nz/Gallery/2004/darren/darren17.jpg
That's all I could find but it looks pretty good.
(This post was edited by wallwombat on Aug 24, 2007, 7:19 AM)
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vertical_planar
Aug 24, 2007, 12:07 PM
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Here's the highest wall in the Balkans - Plaka Sykias in Giona mountain- central Greece
http://www.routes.gr/dat/pan/hte/Giona-PlakaSykias-W.html
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give_r
Sep 28, 2007, 1:42 AM
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Blow-me-Down cliff, Devils Bay Newfoundland.
http://bonaire.poublan.org/at04/leg8/images/DSC_9724.JPG
1300 feet of delicious granite above the sea.
NS
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frodolf
Oct 1, 2007, 5:37 PM
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To the OP. Sweden isn't very good. The climbing is sweet for sure, but it isn't big. We all go to Norway for the big walls. Someone mentioned the Troll Wall – one of the most sinister walls on the planet, I'd guess, with frequent rockfalls. Here's an example from just a few days ago:
http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/article1362389.ece
Note: Rescue workers won't go near the Troll wall because of rock falls. If you get hurt on the wall, you're own your own.
But there are a number of other great walls in Norway. Kjerag, in the south, is one example – perfect granite, crappy weather and north facing.
http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/l/0/4538-the-mighty-kjerag-stavanger-norway.jpg
The Blaaman (Blåmannen) way up north is supposed to be awesome. Haven't been there myself but I'm going. It's a north face above the arctic circle so during the summer a lot of the climbing partys climb during the night cause that's when the sun is up. Wierd...
http://www.misu.su.se/~nilsson/Blaamannen.html
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lumineferusother
Jul 15, 2008, 4:47 PM
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Grade V's in New Zealand? What are the nearest towns to these walls?
(This post was edited by lumineferusother on Jul 15, 2008, 4:57 PM)
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LamontagnedeGatineau
Aug 29, 2008, 5:27 PM
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In Quebec:
1. Cap Trinité in the Saguenay fjord: The nicest accessible spot for a portaledge east of the rockies.
2. Hautes Gorges - Malbaie river (where the classic Golden Apple ice-climb lies)
In Newfoundland:
Possibly Gros Morne National Park
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wallwombat
Sep 2, 2008, 7:56 AM
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lumineferusother wrote: Grade V's in New Zealand? What are the nearest towns to these walls?
Te Anau and Queenstown.
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hobo_climber
Sep 2, 2008, 10:38 AM
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the Kaipo wall at the head of the Kaipo valley is NZ's biggest at 1300m of sheer granite, deep in the heart of the wild fiordland ranges. accsess is either by chopper to the ngapunatoru plateau from Milford of Te Anau for a 'top-down' assault or by walking in from Kaipo Bay on the west coast (give this at least 5 days not to mention the boat ride to the bay) for a 'ground-up' bash.
ground-up the wall has only been climbed twice by some of the boldest, strongest climbers NZ had to offer at the time. and top-down a new free route has been put up last year... 500m of pretty consistantly overhanging 25 ish (5.12c??)
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