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![Riglos](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3753-300x225.jpg)
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](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7751-300x225.jpg)
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
![Riglos](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3753-1024x768.jpg)
Starting our drive to Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
![Pamplona](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3765-1024x768.jpg)
Welcome to Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
![Pamplona](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3774-768x1024.jpg)
Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
![Pamplona](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3763-1024x768.jpg)
A market in Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
![Pamplona](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3767-768x1024.jpg)
Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
![Pamplona](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3755-1024x768.jpg)
Pamplona (Sept. 2010).
![Mallos De Aguero](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3780-1024x768.jpg)
Mallos De Aguero formations above the village by the same name. Close to Riglos (Sept. 2010).
![Mallos De Aguero](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3783-768x1024.jpg)
Mallos De Aguero (Sept. 2010).
![Mallos De Aguero](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3782-768x1024.jpg)
Looks pretty good (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0934-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up the nice Espolon del Adamelo route in Riglos (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0940-768x1024.jpg)
Higher on the opening pitch (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7719-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley following the opening pitch (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7721-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley at the first belay (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0943-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 2 (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7726-1024x768.jpg)
Pitch 2 (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0948-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 3 of Espolon del Adamelo (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7727-768x1024.jpg)
Looking back at Shirley from the lead of pitch 3 (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7731-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley leading pitch 4 (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7751-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley at the fourth belay (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0956-768x1024.jpg)
Espolon del Adamelo pitch 5 (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7737-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley topping out on pitch 5 (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0976-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 6 (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7740-768x1024.jpg)
Pitch 6 I think (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7750-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley topping out on pitch 6 (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0980-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up the Normal Route – bound for the summit of El Pison (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7753-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley at the col atop Espolon Del Adamelo route as seen from the start of the Normal Route on El Pison (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0984-768x1024.jpg)
Higher on the first pitch of the Normal Route (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7755-768x1024.jpg)
Some views (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0989-768x1024.jpg)
Nearing the first belay (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7758-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley following the first pitch of the Normal Route route on El Pison (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0992-768x1024.jpg)
Off route on pitch 2 (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7760-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley looking for the proper pitch 2 start (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7763-1024x768.jpg)
At the pitch 1 belay (Sept. 20120).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7764-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley topping out on pitch 2 (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_0996-2-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 3 of Normal Route (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7770-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley arriving on the summit of El Pison (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1001-1024x768.jpg)
Some wanker on the summit with Mallo Fire in the background (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7775-768x1024.jpg)
Mallo Fire from the summit of El Pison (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7780-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley at the summit cairn (Sept. 2010).
![Normal Route](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DSCN7789-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley rapping off (Sept. 2010).
![Espolon del Adamelo](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1009-2-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley back at the base (Sept. 2010).
![Mosquitos](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3833-768x1024.jpg)
La Visera (Sept. 2010).
![Mosquitos](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3796-2-1024x768.jpg)
Unknown party atop El Trono on the Mosquitos route on La Visera (Sept. 2010).
![Mosquitos](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_3835-768x1024.jpg)
A party doing the shorter version of Mosquitos (which we had done as well; Sept. 2010).
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