Two days of travelling and two days at Tenerife. It sounds like a really awfully planned trip BUT honestly, I’ve just had the best vacation of my life!! The trip was long and the weather sucked BUT everything else weighed it up 100000% and more! :P My normal overdose of energy is higher than ever!! And my motivation for climbing and my energy to give even more is so high I can’t even explain!!! Haha…
So, I guess I should start to tell about the climbing… since the main reason for going to Tenerife was to visit my younger sister (which btw turned 25 this Sunday) we focused on climbing close to Adeje where she lives. We focused on an area called Guaria. Look here:
If you look at the map we lived close to “Playa de Las Americas”. It took about 20 minutes to go by car from this place to Guaria.
With some help from a simple map and the guide book for climbing at Tenerife we found this place easily. A tips if/when you go to this places: be prepared for SMALL 45 degree inclining roads with MANY curves… this cause problems if you meet any kind of vehicles going in the opposite direction! Haha… we did this and survived so this is not an impossible action! J BUT it’s totally an interesting experience! ;)
By the way! It is REALLY cheap to rent a car on Tenerife! We rented a car at the airport and left it back three days later. It cost about 750 Skr. There are many places to rent cars from at the airport. Goldstar gives the best prices! J We got a nice looking car but maybe not the fastest one… but it took us to all places we wanted which is all we asked for! J The traffic at Tenerife is ok… it feels safe to drive there! J
The guide book has a very good explanation for how you find Guaria by car. So I don’t go into that one! J It is a litte bit harder to find the climbing spot! This is the tips: take the car up to the last two houses and leave it there. Then go and stand in between the two houses and look down towards the rocks. You will then clearly see some stones painted with white color. Just follow these stones and you will get to the right path! J We came from another direction and missed this sign! So it took us about one hour to get to the climbing spot! It was a nice hike but I recommend taking the right path since it is much safer! J
After the hiking we reached the rock. This rock was totally incredible! It has this warm red tone and a soft surface without being polished. And it gives out such a stable trustable feeling… don’t ask me how… I fell in love on the spot! I was hanging on a rock at Tenerife, overwhelmed by all this good good gooooood feelings which in the end of the day made me wanna squeeze, hug, kiss and totally make love to this rock! Haha… am I crazy or what?! ;)
The rock was in such a good temperature too. Not warm but not cold either! Sine this period is winter time at Tenerife the outdoor temperature was between 17-20 degrees. So with other word: perfect for climbing. I can imagine it will be extremely hot on this climbing spot in high season. I totally recommend going here during colder periods/days.
The climbing was totally awesome!!! I don’t know how to describe it. It was delicate routes combined with this incredible rock and wonderful view! Just imagine yourself hanging on a rock about 15-20 m over the ground. When you turn around you see all the way to the sea many kilometers away. The view was totally amazing!!! This was my best climbing experience so far. And another thing which made me totally happy was that all the endurance training is showing result. I totally enjoyed hanging on the rock. I trusted my hands and feet more than ever! I have a long way to go before I can totally BE THERE. But I felt such a difference from last time I climbed outdoor (which was this summer). I could relax and enjoy every movement. I could enjoy the view and best of all… I was so calm! GAH!! Addictive!!!!
Haha… so this was a little bit about the climbing on Tenerife! Anything you want to know? Just ask! J I totally recommend going here to climb but go for more days… there is SO much to see!
Last but not least… today I need some pop music so I give some to you too… this is a REALLY good song by Tobias Fröberg:
Jummie! This one is by the way on the soundtrack to the DVD “Blomstertid” with Peter Magnusson. The soundtrack AND the DVD is toooootally good. Give it a chance! J
This is it for today! I will show you some pictures and write a little bit more about Tenerife another day during the week! J Have a nice Monday! J
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