Top Rope Solo Climbing, Xaqqa Cliffs, Malta, April 8th

An easy route at a very scenic location in the golden hour before sunset.. The tricky bit here is that with a 70 metre rope on a 90 metre route, after rappelling down the only escape is back up. Additionally, no phone reception below the edge and somewhat away from people especially on a Monday. Regardless, an amazing early evening at one of my favourite places in Malta..

Lead Rope Solo Climbing, Placa Dels Bombers, March 27th

Even a modest V+ route need respect, especially on chossy limestone and after heavy rains. I was only between bolt 2 & 3, could have been worse, did not fall or hurt myself. But I’m  glad I used an alpine butterfly knot on the 2nd bolt, in case the ground anchor or rope would have been more damaged or cut due to the falling rock..

Lead Rope Solo, Placa Dels Bombers, Jan 12th

Lead Rope Solo session in Castelldefels south of Barcelona, my trusted home crag..

Lead Rope Solo Climbing, Castelldefels, Jan 7th

Easy Lead Rope solo Climbing on a scenic crag above Castelldefels south of Barcelona. Testing a new configuration with the dead rope in a small backpack instead of on the ground.. 

Lead Rope Solo, Garraf, April 30th

Lead rope solo climbing session at the Placa dels Bombers crag in Park Garraf above Castelldefels.. Testing out some new equipment and techniques on easy V+ routes.. 

Lead Rope Solo Climbing, Castelldefels, March 25th

Saturday morning session at Placa dels Bombers where I tried another easy route while testing additional adjustments on the Lead Rope Solo equipment setup and practicing technique.. Lovely views as always and some hiking cardio up and down the mountain..

Lead Rope Solo Climbing, Castelldefels, Feb 12th

Today I had my first lead solo climbing session after reading up a on suitable equipment and techniques. I picked an easy route in a scenic crag above Castelldefels south of Barcelona. This also had twin bolts at the bottom of each route which made it easy to set up the bottom anchor. I used the GriGri as main device, the MicroTrax for rope management, and backup knots for extra safety. All in all it went well, I don't think I made any major misstakes. With some practice, this will open up a lot more crags for solo climbing.

Multi-Pitch Climbing, Montserrat, Aug 22nd

A full day of multi-pitch sports climbing in Montserrat north-west of Barcelona with the guide Toti and the fellow climber David. In the heat approaching and probably passing 30 celsius, the hiking, scrambling, abseiling and climbing was quite strenuous. It’s an unusual type of rock here, like pebbles in cement. The routes were not too hard, but I was still very tired on the train back to the city.

Top Rope Solo, Corona Wall, April 2nd

A longer point of view video while I climb top rope solo style on a crag near Ghar Lapsi in southern Malta. A lovely sunny day on April 2nd 2021. This place is a little bit tricky for TRS because it is a long hike around if your rope gets stuck or you don’t manage the climb back up to the abseiling point. I always carry a jumar with ladder just in case, but not a problem so far.

Top Rope Solo Climbing, Ix Xaqqa, March 19th

A perfect day of solo climbing in the Ix-Xaqqa ravine near Ghar Lapsi in Malta, doing some new and still very easy routes..

Solo Climbing, Mgarr Ix-Xini, Feb 28th

Sunday top rope solo climbing in Mgarr Ix-Xini on Gozo.. This is a really beautiful canyon with lots and lots of routes for all levels, and only a short walk down to the bay for a swim and lunch afterwards..

Sports Climbing, Mosta Valley, Feb 27th

Saturday sports climbing in the beautiful Mosta Valley with Anton and some other people from MCC.. Wonderful spring weather and sun..

Climbing, Malta, Feb 20th

Some easy routes, some abseiling, some via ferrata, a beautiful sunny day on northern Malta near Cirkewwa and the radar station..

Rock Climbing, Limestone Quarry, Feb 13th

I saw this old limestone quarry on some pictures and we went to check it out. Cool place with stunning views. We rigged a top rope at the highest wall and climbed some variations of the routes. The drilled channels from splitting the stone provided interesting vertical holds.

Rock Climbing, Ghar Lapsi, Jan 30th

Rock climbing with Kamilla in the Ghar Lapsi area, we did some easy routes in Ix-Xaqqa and at Twin Caves. A bit windy but still nice sunny weather.

TRS, Xaqqa Valley, Jan 24th

Top rope solo session on a fairly windy Sunday morning in Xaqqa near Ghar Lapsi..  I tried a Micro traxion + GriGri on single rope setup, did not like it. Of course it is easier to switch to rappel, but a a lot of extra hassle on the way up with pulling the rope through the GriGri..

TRS Ghar Lapsi, Malta, Jan 17th

Sunday Top rope solo rock climbing on some easy routes at Xaqqa cliffs near Ghar Lapsi.. It's been a long while, nice to have the season started for 2021..

TRS, Gåseborg, July 2nd

A short top rope solo rock climbing session on Djävulsväggen, Gåseborg. After one hour on very easy routes, rain and thunder started rolling in and I had to call it a day..

Rock Climbing, Sjötorpsberget, May 26th

Casual after work rock climbing at Sjötorpsberget with Tommy and a lot of mosquitos..

Top Rope Solo, Fullbroberget, April 25th

Another visit to Fullbroberget for some solo rock climbing, this time an early start, I was at the cliff already by 0645 and done by 0830.. I found some slightly trickier routes this time but still very smooth and relaxing..