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Chilam Balam rock climbing destination

Chilam Balam rock climbing destination

Published on October 19, 2020 On Sports
Calling all rock climbing enthusiasts. Do you know that just 5 minutes away from Cortijo Sabila is a top technical rock climbing destination Chilam-Balam? And a second amazing La Rubia route (graded 8c)
You reach this stunning rock formation from Villaneuva del Rosario, our local village. And it’s been climbed by some of the world’s best climbers.
Named after an ancient Mayan story, Chilam-Balam is a traversing, 270-foot super-pitch of overhanging stamina climbing on tufas and colonettes with several bouldering cruxes. There is also a cave there to visit with 4 vertical routes on the front face of the cave on so/so rock, but the cave itself is all about steepness.
On July 4 2003, Spaniard Bernabé Fernández claimed the first ascent of Chilam Balam although not without some controversy. Since then many routes and proposed gradings have been put forward (technically it is said to be a 9a+/9b).

Nov 16th 2015 Dani Andrada (the Spanish climbing machine) completed the fourth ascent of Chilam Balam.

Photo by @davidlopezcampe!

Watch this incredible climb by Black Diamond athlete Adam Ondra in 2011. Adam is a Czech professional rock climber, recognised as one of the best in the world, specializing in lead climbing and bouldering. Described in 2013 as a prodigy, he went on to win the World Championship titles in both climbing disciplines in the same year (2014). He is also the only male athlete to have won the World Cup series in both disciplines (lead climbing in 2009, 2015 and 2019, and bouldering in 2010). Read more about him here and join his instagram.

And one by Seb Bouin in 2015.

There are many documented routes – to see more visit this page and click on any of the numbers for more information.
Chilam Balam climbing routes
And for those not quite up to this technical challenge, there are some beautiful hikes at all times of the year. We will post more about that later.

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