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Espolon Central

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Espolon Central — Espolon Central.

On Monday morning, we drove around the formation to the Chichidho Compound (very nice if a bit removed from the conveniences of town) and hiked up to the “backside” of the Pena. We climbed the Espolon Central route (6 pitch, 5.9) to its top out point on a buttress below the summit. Although the online beta mentions rapping down a difficult (but straight) route, we opted to rap our climbing line instead. Smooth with just a bit of care. Nice route, a bit off the beaten path, even if the first two pitches are uninspiring. Soon enough we were back in Bernal eating more gorditas.

Photos

Bernal — Pena as seen from the drive to Chichidho Compound (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Approach from Chichidho to the start of Espolon Central route (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Some flora (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Starting up Espolon Central route (6 pitch 5.9). Don’t let the first pitch (or two) turn you off; climbing is pretty decent and most of the hardware is modern (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Espolon Central (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley on pitch 1 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Views from low on the route (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Arriving at the first belay (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Starting up pitch 2 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Chichidho (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Higher on pitch 2 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley on pitch 3 of Espolon Central (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Views from low on the route (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Nearing the third belay (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Pitch 4 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley on pitch 4 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — More of the slabby pitch 4 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Looking back from the lead of pitch 5. Climbing is (a little) better than it looks (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley on pitch 5 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley arriving at the fifth belay (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Starting up the sixth and final pitch of Espolon Central (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Antiques Road Show – Queretaro (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Pitch 6 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley topping out on the route (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Unknown climber on the next door Filo Noroccidental (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — A closer look (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Views from the top of the route (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley rapping down pitch 2 (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Hiking down (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley and some cacti (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — A look back at the nice looking line of Espolon Central (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Shirley and the Pena (Feb. 2023).

Espolon Central — Back in Chichidho (Feb. 2023).

Pena De Bernal — Pena de Bernal from the east (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Rehydrating at a liquor shop in the non-tourist part of Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — The functional part of Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Magico part of Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — On a hunt for some dinner (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — This is the place we ate at during our first Bernal visit a decade earlier (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Cool place inside (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Sharp looking ride, dawg (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Pena from Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Bernal (Feb. 2023).

Bernal — Bernal (Feb. 2023).

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