[spidermonkey09]

Various sectors @ Rocklands
Monstant

At Rockland's maybe sassies (only just over 30 min) and roadside (funny name)
Walked up to montsant today, took just under half an hour.

To the Raco de Misa area or elsewhere? I'm always struck by how many people (me included) basically only go to that sector. That must be loads of great walls along that crag.

[teestub]

It's all about the walk in. Ceuse aside, name a busy venue with a approach time over about half an hour.

RMNP, Mt Evans, Wolvoland, probably a dozen other in Co. that Coops would be able to tell us. Also Red Rocks, think Wet Dream canyon is a decent walk as are a few others.

[Duma]

America doesn't count, everything's miles away there

[Duma]

Various sectors @ Rocklands
Monstant

At Rockland's maybe sassies (only just over 30 min) and roadside (funny name)
Walked up to montsant today, took just under half an hour.

To the Raco de Misa area or elsewhere? I'm always struck by how many people (me included) basically only go to that sector. That must be loads of great walls along that crag.

Busted! But I bet that's the bit that gets busiest...

[Coops_13]

It's all about the walk in. Ceuse aside, name a busy venue with a approach time over about half an hour.

RMNP, Mt Evans, Wolvoland, probably a dozen other in Co. that Coops would be able to tell us. Also Red Rocks, think Wet Dream canyon is a decent walk as are a few others.

All true and the most popular Winter bouldering honeypot in the Front Range, Satellites in the Flatirons, is 30 mins walk-in. Tons of roadside boulders available

[ali k]

To the Raco de Misa area or elsewhere? I'm always struck by how many people (me included) basically only go to that sector. That must be loads of great walls along that crag.

I’ve been to pretty much every sector at Montsant and there’s a reason Raco de Missa is the one everyone goes to. Not that any of them are shit, but there just isn’t the same concentration of quality routes. Each one is a great crag if you live there and have the time to explore, or done everything at Raco de Missa. But if you’re on a trip for only a couple of weeks then especially if you’re combining it with Siurana and/or Margalef I can see why people don’t bother going anywhere but that one sector. Also doesn’t help that most of them have different approaches so you can’t combine a couple in a day very easily.

[spidermonkey09]

I would welcome a 'Montsant Greatest Hits' ticklist Ali!

Interesting to know; it is a great collection of walls at RdM, especially that wall of low 7s around Purolitic.

[ali k]

I would welcome a 'Montsant Greatest Hits' ticklist Ali!

I’ll consult my logbook and also see if I’ve still got access to the old blog I used to write and try and put something together for you! It used to be my favourite place to climb - especially when you’re above the cloud inversion that Siurana and all the valleys sometimes sit in.

[gardinrm]

Some great new problems at Pots and Pans, Saddleworth. Maybe some have been climbed before, but we had a great time discovering these. And still more to go at.

[Fiend]

Good stuff, that's some great questing there, and some of those look definitely good!

I should have put more effort in to looking around myself 

[scragrock]

Nice Robbie

[gardinrm]

Thanks guys. Amazing to think there were still development possibility of this quality only 15 miles from central Manchester.

[Yossarian]

I would welcome a 'Montsant Greatest Hits' ticklist Ali!

I’ll consult my logbook and also see if I’ve still got access to the old blog I used to write and try and put something together for you! It used to be my favourite place to climb - especially when you’re above the cloud inversion that Siurana and all the valleys sometimes sit in.

If someone fancies splitting this off as a Montsant appreciation thread, I’d be interested too. Also, what’s the deal with guidebooks? Is Tarragona Climbs the best / only option?

[ali k]

If someone fancies splitting this off as a Montsant appreciation thread, I’d be interested too. Also, what’s the deal with guidebooks? Is Tarragona Climbs the best / only option?

I was planning to start a new thread once I’ve had time to put something together, but happy for it to be split if that’s best.

Dunno about best guidebooks these days. I moved back in 2014, and before that was using the local definitive one. So some of the places I was going won’t be in POD’s guide.

[hongkongstuey]

Had a play with a more vlog type vid yesterday for the first time rather than mashing together clips with a soundtrack in the background - might do this more often to try and capture a bit more about some of the lines and history of them too:

[webbo]

Enjoyed that. What’s with all the rubbish everywhere in the undergrowth?

[Kingy]

The JABP at Minus Ten

[Fiend]

Proper stamina epic that!! What does that go at in Font grades?

[Kingy]

Haha, yes they don't get much shorter than that! Its Font 7C

[Fiend]

Two move (one of which is pulling on!) vert Font 7C. Proper.

[hongkongstuey]

Enjoyed that. What’s with all the rubbish everywhere in the undergrowth?

fly tipping from nearby construction sites i guess - currently way worse than i've seen it before sadly

[r-man]

The JABP at Minus Ten

Proper gnarl. I remember trying once years ago. Seemed desperate at the time, much more than Johnny G 7C for instance, another limestone one mover. Does it compare to any of the Lancs vert stuff?

[Fiend]

Had a play with a more vlog type vid yesterday for the first time rather than mashing together clips with a soundtrack in the background - might do this more often to try and capture a bit more about some of the lines and history of them too:

Cracking wee problem. I like the run-through of it and the multiple angles of climbing it. Nice to have a bit of context although was a bit long for me with some of the filler footage (apart from the very end  )

[Kingy]

Proper gnarl. I remember trying once years ago. Seemed desperate at the time, much more than Johnny G 7C for instance, another limestone one mover. Does it compare to any of the Lancs vert stuff?

I agree its a fair bit harder than the Johnny G 7C. It might be the hardest single move I've done. A sandbag at 7C, my vote would be 7C+ tbh. Went from unable to pull on to eventually sticking it over a period of 20 years! I haven't tried any of the Lancs Vert Stuff but see that Walk Away 8B seems a similar problem, would be keen to try that at some point.

[SA Chris]

It looks like Craig Matheson is trying WA at the moment, there's  one tick on UKC, how many has it had now? I know Greg Chapman did it, so that's one