Campo Base, November 2006

Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Appears: 12 times a year
Website: www.campobase.es

EDITORIAL

CAMPO BASE TEAM

NEWS

OPINIONS
Raúl García
Iñaki Ochoa de Olza
Simón Elías

FEATURES

Back to the Future
22 years ago two young climbers, Nil Bohigas and Enric Lucas climbed in pure alpine style a line on the East Face of Annapurna and became one of the most important Spanish alpine climbers.
by Alberto Sanjuán
Photos by Nil Bohigas archive

Vignemale
Sólo estoy sangrando (800m, 6c+) is a brand new route on the forgotten north face of Pique Longue del Vignemale opened in alpine style by Aritz Aparicio and Guillaume Gelabert.
by Aritz Aparicio
Photos by A. Aparicio, G. Gelabert and E. Soto

Greenland
Two new routes have been opened on the distant and unknown lands of Greenland.
by Curro González
Photos: Colección Equipo X-plorer

Freeride – The Wild Side of Mountain Bikes
Everything you should know about MTB freeride.
by Alfonso H. Marín

EQUIPMENT
Belay devices
Description and tests
by Sergio Breñas
Photos by Javier Barahona

TECHNIQUE
Fissure climbing
by Curro González

SKI MOUNTAINEERING
Bisaurin – Valle de Hecho
Text and photos by Jon Zubeldia

SNOWSHOES
Snowshoes tours in Candanchú
Text and photos by Manuel Suárez Meana

HEALTH AND MOUNTAINS
Fracture in the 5th metatarsian bone
by Pablo Terrón
Photos by Javier Barahona

Physical Preparations
Cross-country skiing
by Lázaro Mediavilla

DESTINATIONS
Kalymnos
This Greek island offers not only nice, sandy beaches, but also great variety of climbing sectors, interesting caves and trekking routes.
by Paco Galán
Photos by Aris Theodoropoulos/ Campo Base archive