That was my 2009

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Barcelona, Carneval, Park Guell

Visit to Berlin ... what a great city!

Canal dels Troncs in the Serra de Cadi with Johannes

Visit in Barcelona :-) then trips to Girona, Stuttgart and Tübingen

FC Barca: Copa, Lliga i Xampions! And they didn't stop after that...

Climbing in Margalef, Relaxing at Montseny, and entertainment as usual in Barcelona

Now off to our summer vacation :-) The first part was beautiful Galicia...

... and then we headed down to Portugal

Climbing in Montserrat and Margalef, and the biggest celebration: La Merce in Barcelona

Barcelona Snow Show 2009

Noche LeLook presents Anna K.

More climbing in Montserrat and then a trip home to Germany for Xmas

HAPPY 2010 !!!

:-)

All pictures © Michael Schaub - www.mcschaub.com

That was my 2008

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Barcelona, Paella, Fashion Shows, ...

Easter in Germany... with snow... ;-/

The emblematic mountains in Catalonia: Montserrat and Pedraforca

Family vacation in Ibiza :-)

Fun in Barcelona: Sant Joan, Sonar Festival at MACBA, L'ou com balla

Summer vacation in País Vasco, Cantabria and Asturias :-)

Fira Tàrrega

Short trips to Hamburg, Madrid and the Pyrenees

California and Xmas in Germany...

HAPPY 2009 EVERYONE!!!

All pictures © Michael Schaub - www.mcschaub.com

Siurana

Last weekend I went to visit the Schmid brothers and their friend Lucio, who were staying in Siurana for a couple weeks. Here some pictures.

Thomas Schmid on Tic i Toc (8a+)

... which is located at the right part of L´Olla

Daniel Schmid on the same route

Lucio on La cara que no miente (8a+)

Daniel Schmid

Lucio

Thomas Schmid starting Migranya (8b) at the left side of L´Olla

Cross-over move to a mono

The rest before the upper part

Daniel Schmid on La cara que no miente (8a+)

Setting up for the dyno

In flight

Lucio on the same route

The last route of the day, Thomas stretching for the high clip on A cara perro (8a)

The last long move before the anchors

When L´Olla was in the shade, the show started in El Pati. There was Dani Andrada on Pati Noso (8c/+)






And David Laurent high up while being photographed by Pete O´Donovan.

Half an hour later, when the last sun had left, we watched Adam Ondra redpointing La Rambla. Impressive!

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Sector Falcó in Arbolí - Montañas de Prades (Tarragona)

The sector Falcó in Arbolí is a great crack for passing a beautiful day in the winter. Located in the Montañas de Prades this area is just aside of the famous Siurana crags. The sector Falcó offers long routes on excellent, mostly vertical rock.

Koji and Nacho warming up in the morning sun

The picture above has been taken on a late morning in January. At that time of year, the wall is in the sun from around 11 o´clock till sunset. The orange rock tends to warm up a bit from the sunlight.

From this crag you also have a nice view over to the neighbouring village Siurana, spectacularly located on loads of great rocks.

Victor warming up on the first part of "Chanidangerx" (6b)

There are some routes in the lower 6th grade, but most climbing is in the higher 6th and all of the 7th French grade. Two 8a´s are the most difficult lines.

With some luck, your climbing day will end with a beautiful sunset making the rock shine in orange colour.

At sunset: Victor gets his last burn on "Borinot" (7a)

Besides the view over to Siurana, you overlook a great part of the Montañas de Prades.

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Pictures of 2007

Last year was filled with moving to Barcelona and saving for camera equipment. So here just few pictures of 2007:

Unknown climber high up at Sector Stop in Etxauri (Navarra, Spain)

Richard Brown on the famous "Sonata de Cuchillo y Metralleta" (7c) at the Sector Korea in Araotz (Basque Country, Spain)

Richard Brown on a 7a+ at a newly developed crag somewhere in a forrest in the Basque Country

Johannes Ecke buildering in Barcelona

Francesco in downtown Barcelona

ALL PICTURES © MICHAEL SCHAUB