Photos by trapaga7

this is our climbing wall in xela, old, rusty, but it still works and it is the best one in guate

pablito four bolts away from finishing this tough route.

miguel getting ready to descend into the cimarron.

it is also called a sumidero in mexico, it is a huge depresion in the middle of the earth. impressive

a closer view of the route area in San Marcos La Laguna. very nice climbing.

heres a view of what the place looks like when you're getting there from san Marcos

this is a picture of the Ventanas Area, with the map of wich routes you can find

in the distance you can see montse and luis about to rappel down the cimarron

pablo and miguel ready secure the second rappel point at the mid point of the cimarron

chalo doing a rappel in the cimarron, after alot of security measures taken.

on a sunday, giving zapato al ajo a try on the last bolt. a tough last bolt.

Emanuel at the top of poc a poc, and pablo with one bolt to go.

Nenas del Desierto is the middle route of the three in la Chocolatada.

a friend visited us from Antigua and seen here climbing poc a poc, and Pablo (on the right) climbing Nenas del Desierto

a local climber giving Sala de Maternidad a try.

a fairly easy route, the easiest in the Ventanas area, you have to climb it on top rope, good for beginners.

a very difficult route, climbed by one of the founders of rockclimbing in Guatemala.

a drawing by miguel arango of the ola section with the specification of all the routes...

a picture taken by Pablo up in the Arete de Catel on a sunday morning.

here you can climb on weekdays in the afternoon, and on saturdays. many locals come everyday.

this is the difficult route of the two found in this section. just a few bolts.

the fairly easy route in san marcos la laguna, don't know who opened this route, but its very nice

pablo trying to finish the three bolt route underground, you must rappel first, and then climb up.

this is a route that is underground in a cave right beside la vertical, bring a headlamp and protection. its dirty

another view of bolsita de spiderman on a sunday morning at las ventanas

la rreina climbing this tough route, with montse and chalo in the background

montserrat climbing one of the easier routes in las Ventanas, it is a fun and exciting route for beginners

pablo in the picture, with one bolt to go, the last one is the tricky one on this route

in this picture you can see why the section is called the WAVE...

antoine in a fun route at la chocolatada, named like this because of the appearance the rock gives when it's wet

rony climbing poc a poc (or little by little) with a beautiful sight of xela in the back

rony a local climber trying a tough route in the Ola Section

here's a drawing by Miguel Arango of the Chocolatada and its routes.

tono gallo on an attempt to make the top along with the rest of the team in the background

montse, a spanish friend giving dulce jiba a try on a sunday morning