Alba Summits

Me (a little tense), Jordi and Xavi on top of "Gendarme de Alba" (3054m)

On Friday the 25th, after work, Xavi and me headed to Benasque first, and from there, after a brief dinner, on to a parking and picknick area called "La Basurta". That place is the most common entry to the "Natural Park Posets Maladeta", for it's where the normal route up the highest Pyrinee summit, the "Aneto", starts. There we planted our tent next to the car and turned in for the night. On Saturday then, we got up at 6 am and at 7 we were geared up in order to start a demanding day.  

Detail of the hiking map with our planned route

Our aim wasn't to summit Aneto, but the 4 Alba peaks: Aguja (or Gendarme) de Alba, Pico de Alba, Diente de Alba and Muela de Alba, at least according to the best case scenario.

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Roca Foradada

A couple of Saturdays ago, Xavi and me wanted to climb a route in Montserrat called "La Canal de la Moreneta" (I'd say that "canal" translates into something like a gully). I had made it out in my climbing book the day before and found it interesting due to the fact that its grade is IV+ only, something not too difficult for us, and also because of its appeareance: it's like a vertical scar in the otherwise quite solid rock face that marks Montserrat's North.

Way to "La Canal de la Moreneta", "Roca Foradada" in the background

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