Desnivel, May 2006

Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Appears: 12 times a year
Website: www.desnivel.com

EDITORIAL
Appointments in May
by José L. Mendieta

LETTERS

NEWS

FEATURES

Cerro Murallón
Robert Jasper and Stefan Glowacz make the third attempt to conquer the mountain that has obsessed them. This time they succeed. Stefan Glowacz tells the story of climbing a new route on Cerro Murallón in Patagonia.
by Stefan Glowacz

El Gran Bachimala (3.177 m)
Although the Bachimala Massif stands out in the landscape between the ports of La Pez and Aygues Tortes, comparing to other three-thousand-meter peaks in the Pyreenes, this one has gained rather negative opinion of an “unsociable” place, that offers not more than long accesses, more interesting mountains in the neighbourhood and solitude. But is it really like this?
by Alberto Martínez-Embid

‘Graciela’ – 140m, WI 6+/7, 6b+, M6
The first Iberian 7 grade, mixed route in Las Cascadas de la Fuenfría, the Pyrenees.
by Gebhard Bendler

Climbing in Alquézar
Climbing in Alquézar, Huesca, is as good as the wine produced there. Both deserve the same label of “excellent quality”.
by Javier Arnaudas

The Pioneers of Climbing in Aragón
1953 – 1963, the marvellous decade in the history of climbing in Aragón.
by Simón Elías

MATERIAL
The Light of the Future
Diode headlamps.
by Tino Núñez

HISTORY
Armand Ballart
by Juan José Zorrilla

GEAR

ECOLOGY

INFO SECTION

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