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Pamplona bound.
The next day’s forecast was calling for rain. Based on our experience from May, a 40% chance was a sure bet in Riglos. We woke up late, enjoyed the great pastries and good coffee in a bakery in Ayerbe and then drove three hours up north to Pamplona. We walked around town for half a day including the stretch of narrow streets where they run the bulls. We drove back and spent the rest of the day checking out nearby villages, including the nearby Aguero with its own set of (relatively) miniature towers. We flipped through the guidebook trying to decide what to climb next.
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Espolon del Adamelo.
Our third day, we went for an easy line up a ridge just right of Pison, Espolon del Adamelo. Seven pitches with nothing harder than 5c. Fun, low-stress sort of climbing that joins up with the same finishing pitch of two days prior. This time however, instead of rappelling right away, we followed the three-pitch (5c) Normal Route to the summit of The Pison. A spacious meadow a thousand feet above the village with amazing views of the nearby Fire and Visera formations and the Aragon countryside.
Photos
Starting our drive to Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
Welcome to Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
A market in Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
Mallos De Aguero formations above the village by the same name. Close to Riglos (Sept. 2010).
Mallos De Aguero (Sept. 2010).
Looks pretty good (Sept. 2010).
Back in Riglos. El Pison and El Puro. Click photo for some route overlays (Sept. 2010).
Starting up the nice Espolon del Adamelo route in Riglos (Sept. 2010).
Higher on the opening pitch (Sept. 2010).
Shirley following the opening pitch (Sept. 2010).
Shirley at the first belay (Sept. 2010).
Starting up pitch 2 (Sept. 2010).
Pitch 2 (Sept. 2010).
Starting up pitch 3 of Espolon del Adamelo (Sept. 2010).
Looking back at Shirley from the lead of pitch 3 (Sept. 2010).
Shirley leading pitch 4 (Sept. 2010).
Shirley at the fourth belay (Sept. 2010).
Espolon del Adamelo pitch 5 (Sept. 2010).
Shirley topping out on pitch 5 (Sept. 2010).
Starting up pitch 6 (Sept. 2010).
Pitch 6 I think (Sept. 2010).
Shirley topping out on pitch 6 (Sept. 2010).
Starting up the Normal Route – bound for the summit of El Pison (Sept. 2010).
Shirley at the col atop Espolon Del Adamelo route as seen from the start of the Normal Route on El Pison (Sept. 2010).
Higher on the first pitch of the Normal Route (Sept. 2010).
Some views (Sept. 2010).
Nearing the first belay (Sept. 2010).
Shirley following the first pitch of the Normal Route route on El Pison (Sept. 2010).
Off route on pitch 2 (Sept. 2010).
Shirley looking for the proper pitch 2 start (Sept. 2010).
At the pitch 1 belay (Sept. 20120).
Shirley topping out on pitch 2 (Sept. 2010).
Starting up pitch 3 of Normal Route (Sept. 2010).
Shirley arriving on the summit of El Pison (Sept. 2010).
Some wanker on the summit with Mallo Fire in the background (Sept. 2010).
Mallo Fire from the summit of El Pison (Sept. 2010).
Shirley at the summit cairn (Sept. 2010).
Shirley rapping off (Sept. 2010).
Shirley back at the base (Sept. 2010).
La Visera (Sept. 2010).
Unknown party atop El Trono on the Mosquitos route on La Visera (Sept. 2010).
A party doing the shorter version of Mosquitos (which we had done as well; Sept. 2010).
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