The "Arista de las Campanitas" from Cerro los Machos to the very summit of Veleta is a superb scramble/easy rock climb with a distinctive alpine nature. We did this last week in the hot sun, the ridge never falling below 3000 meters. I guess, grading wise, it would certainly be a grade 3S scramble but […]
It's been great having my two daughters, Emma and Claire, over this week. Yesterday I took Claire on one of my favourite, relatively easy (S1/S2) mountain scrambles that she has always wanted to go on. The north side of the Peñon de la Mata, north of Granada. You can tell by the many smiles just […]
Las Campanitas ridge to Veleta. Probably not for those suffering from acute vertigo but certainly not as bad as it seems in this video. A superb day out with just the odd dose of adrenaline. Las Campanitas is the ridge between Cerro los Machos and Veleta in thed Sierra Nevada. It is a Grade 3 […]
It had been quite a number of years since I had last walked the ridge between Veleta and the Refugio Elorrietta. It's known as the Tajos de la Virgen ridge and is a rough but easy walk with some sections of very mild scrambling involved. I had forgotten what a magnificent outing this is, made […]
The last time I had done this ridge was back in August 2017. I remember I had really struggled to get my breathing right. I was slow, laboured and could only walk a few metres without needing a rest. It felt like I was 8000m on Everest not 3000m high on Veleta! Thinking back, maybe, […]
First of all, a video of the trip. This is one of my favourite mountaineering adventures but it had been some time, a heart attack and a pacemaker implant, since I had last attempted this magnificent route. I decided that I should attempt the route over two days, well two half days actually. We would […]
After a recent period of inactivity, due to having a pacemaker fitted, it was good to get back out on the warm limestone rock of the Peñon de la Mata and feel the exposure. The Peñon de la Mata north of Granada has long been one of my favourite scrambling destinations in Spain. I have […]
