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Welcome to Riglos.

Excitement was short lived however as we woke up to pouring rain on Sunday morning. A bakery breakfast in Ayerbe (very nice! decent coffee too…hard to find in Europe) and a drive to nearby Huesca in search of internet killed the first half of the day. The weather forecast for the coming days did not look good. In fact, it looked like shit. Depressed, we drove back to Riglos to find a patch of blue sky over the towers. Excited, we grabbed the gear and ran to the base of the first route on our list (one of the easiest there). As Shirley started her lead, the sky opened up and she lowered down from halfway up the pitch in pouring rain. Oh well – just our luck.

Photos

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The “backside” of Montserrat during our drive from Barcelona to Riglos (May 2010).

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A closer look (May 2010).

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We stooped along the way in some random village in hopes of scoring a lunch (no such luck; May 2010).

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Welcome to Aragon (May 2010).

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The village of Aguero which sits on a hillside above Riglos. We’d end up staying in another village close by called Murillo de Gallego (May 2010).

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Mallos de Aguero above the village of the same name (May 2010).

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Hiking through the village of Murillo looking for a place to stay (May 2010).

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First sighting of Riglos (May 2010).

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Riglos. Wait – is it clearing up?

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Welcome to damp and rainy Riglos (May 2010).

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La Visera with its parabolic profile as seen from the village of Riglos (May 2010).

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Shirley hiking through the village with La Visera above (May 2010).

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Checking out the base of the towers (May 2010).

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Back to our little hotel in the village of Murillo (May 2010).

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Murillo in the morning (May 2010).

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Murillo village – still wet (May 2010).

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Killing rainy time (May 2010).

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Still raining (May 2010).

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The formations (May 2010).

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Town of Huesca (May 2010).

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Rainy Huesca (May 2010).

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Best meal of the day in Aragon – pastrycentric breakfast including cafe con leches. Some place in Huesca (May 2010).

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Riglos (May 2010).

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El Pison and El Puro (Cigar) in profile (May 2010).

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El Pison (May 2010).

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Shirley starting up the Normal Route on El Puro (May 2010).

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Higher on the first pitch (May 2010).

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And then it started raining again and Shirley lowered off (May 2010).

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Hiking back (May 2010).

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The stunning face of La Visera (May 2010).

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The overhanging face of El Pison (May 2010).

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The village on the hike back (May 2010).

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Shirley and the village church (May 2010).

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Mallos Riglos and the village of Riglos (May 2010).

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El Pison (May 2010).

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