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sjg0002
May 2, 2009, 1:00 AM
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Hey everyone, my buddies and I are trying to plan a climbing trip in Europe during our summer break from school. Our capabilities are from about 5.7 to 5.10 (sport). As students, cost is obviously important, so camping or a hostel close by is preferable. A place on the coast would be supreme. We are not set on Spain, I just know some spanish, but we are open to any other locations as well. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-Sean
(This post was edited by sjg0002 on May 2, 2009, 1:01 AM)
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michael_lassen
May 2, 2009, 10:52 PM
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You could go to the Costa Blanca at the East coast of Spain. There is plenty of nice climbing at your level close to Alicante.
Rockfax http://www.rockfax.com/ publishes a guidebook to the area as well as other areas in Europe.
I have camped at Orange House, a hostel/campsite for climbers: http://www.theorangehouse.net/
If you browse their website,you will find videos and pictures of the climbing in the area.
Be aware that Spain is very hot in the summer.
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smallclimber
May 3, 2009, 10:05 AM
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I'll second the suggestion for Costa Blanca. Lots of lower grade sport on well bolted routes with a nice up-to-date guidebook from Rockfax. Lots of cheap accomodation options as mentioned in the previous reply from camping, hostles and if there is a group of you even renting a villa or appartment for a week wouldn't be all that much. You would want a rental car between you. Will be hot in summer, but you could find stuff in the shade.
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gojiclimber
Aug 20, 2009, 1:00 PM
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Keep this thread going. Im planning a trip for the spring of 2010. Let me know what you guys ended up doing if you went this summer.
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kennoyce
Aug 20, 2009, 1:07 PM
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I really have no idea whatsoever since I have never been to europe, but I do want to say that greece looks freaking amazing.
Personally if I were to go to europe for climbing, Spain would be my number one choice, Greece would be my second choice.
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qtm
Aug 21, 2009, 8:25 AM
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Kalymnos is a great destination, but getting there from the US isn't easy nor cheap. There are a few different ways to get there; the easiest was flying direct to Athens and then a quick flight to Kalymnos. However, that option forced a night in Athens in both directions, which added quite a bit to the cost.
While it's not too expensive there, it's not all that cheap either, I think we were spending about 70e/day for the two of us, which includes the apartment, scooter rental, food (awesome food!) but not alcohol.
Still, a great place if you can afford to fly there.
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JohnCook
Aug 21, 2009, 7:24 PM
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Find a copy of the "Jingo Wobbly" guide to climbing in Europe. It gives an overview of many of the climbing areas, including; style, type of rock, access, guidebooks, grade range, etc etc. It does not give specific route
Have a good trip, and enjoy the different rock, because Euro-limestone is very different to most US limestone. There is also grit, granite, sandstone, an assortment of metamorphic rocks etc.
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