Vertical-Life
Melieha Cave
43
ASCENTS
21 %
OS RATE
25
ROUTES IN DB
43
ASCENTS
21 %
OS RATE
25
ROUTES IN DB
| Name | Style | Route | Comment | Properties | Date | |
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| Crazy Monkey (7a) |
30 Dec 2023
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| Fight Club (8b) |
26 Nov 2023
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| Fight Club (8b) |
1 Apr 2023
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| Ain't Sane in the Membrane (8c) | Longstanding project. Nice line unfortunately comes down to mostly one hard which is hard to grade. Probably quite hard 8c. Hardest route in Malta now? |
17 Mar 2023
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| Longstanding project. Nice line unfortunately comes down to mostly one hard which is hard to grade. Probably quite hard 8c. Hardest route in Malta now? | ||||||
| Winds of Change (8b+) | Start to the right to Aint Sane in the Membrane, finish like the Down in a Hole. Hard start, then total nohands and tricky boulder. Definitely being tall helps. Giving a grade on my onsight try and being 8th 8th-grade route of the day doesn't help. Thanks Simon and Stevo for amazing day! |
15 Mar 2023
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| Start to the right to Aint Sane in the Membrane, finish like the Down in a Hole. Hard start, then total nohands and tricky boulder. Definitely being tall helps. Giving a grade on my onsight try and being 8th 8th-grade route of the day doesn't help. Thanks Simon and Stevo for amazing day! | ||||||
| Fight Club (8b) | Start like November Rain, but go direct in the end. probably first ascent? Roof climbing on tufa at its best |
15 Mar 2023
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| Start like November Rain, but go direct in the end. probably first ascent? Roof climbing on tufa at its best | ||||||
| November Rain (8b) | Looks like routes in the cave are climbed very rarely. Dirt in the ending tufa. Endurance roof climbing on big holds. Good route |
2 Jan 2019
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| Looks like routes in the cave are climbed very rarely. Dirt in the ending tufa. Endurance roof climbing on big holds. Good route | ||||||
| Down in a hole (8a) |
1 Jan 2019
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| Shaman (7c+) | classic stamina overhang! |
30 Aug 2014
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| classic stamina overhang! | ||||||
| Orange dreams (7b) |
17 Apr 2014
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| Orange dreams (7b) |
15 Apr 2014
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| Hidden Angel (7c) |
15 Apr 2014
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| Shaman (7c+) |
15 Apr 2014
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| Down in a hole (8a) | Matching without foot on the top-because you cannot screw anything :) More on Rael's blog: http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/04/hardcore-climbing-at-cave.html |
14 Apr 2014
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| Matching without foot on the top-because you cannot screw anything :) More on Rael's blog: http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/04/hardcore-climbing-at-cave.html | ||||||
| La Princesa d'Ontinyent (7b) | http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/03/la-pincesa-dontinyent-f7b-fa.html http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-cave-la-princesa-dontinyent-7b.html |
28 Mar 2014
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| http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/03/la-pincesa-dontinyent-f7b-fa.html
http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-cave-la-princesa-dontinyent-7b.html | ||||||
| El Toro de Birkirkara (7b) | 2nd Ascent. http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/03/el-toro-de-birkirkara-f7b-is-new-bolted.html |
16 Mar 2014
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| 2nd Ascent.
http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/03/el-toro-de-birkirkara-f7b-is-new-bolted.html | ||||||
| Insane in the Hole (8a) | Como Insane in the Brain + last bit of Down in a Hole. Maany tries!! with Cojones de Gorila! |
26 Jun 2013
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| Como Insane in the Brain + last bit of Down in a Hole. Maany tries!! with Cojones de Gorila! | ||||||
| November Rain (8b) | My fingers are still sweating when logging this ascent...don't know what happened but I fucking managed. Totally unexpected..till the very ground of the cave..then threw the rope down and lied on the ground trying to digest what had just happened..I thought my body was exploding after the climb..felt even sick..had to rush to the bathroom then..:). Funny when Fanatic called saying that his card wasn't working..I just told him: man, guess what?? I just managed the route!!!..didn't realize until seconds later what he had just told me haha. So first 8b (or somewhere around) in Malta, the hardest route ever sent here in this country. Bolted it in the middle of a crazy storm in the cave with the rest of fanatics, the day of my bday on 15th November..was incredible to be there and see the cave illuminated with the thunder strikes and the heavy rain fulling upon us! everyone screaming..such wild atmosphere.. Seems sport climbing is going forward! now we'll have to bolt another one harder I guess :) |
2 Mar 2013
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| My fingers are still sweating when logging this ascent...don't know what happened but I fucking managed. Totally unexpected..till the very ground of the cave..then threw the rope down and lied on the ground trying to digest what had just happened..I thought my body was exploding after the climb..felt even sick..had to rush to the bathroom then..:). Funny when Fanatic called saying that his card wasn't working..I just told him: man, guess what?? I just managed the route!!!..didn't realize until seconds later what he had just told me haha. So first 8b (or somewhere around) in Malta, the hardest route ever sent here in this country. Bolted it in the middle of a crazy storm in the cave with the rest of fanatics, the day of my bday on 15th November..was incredible to be there and see the cave illuminated with the thunder strikes and the heavy rain fulling upon us! everyone screaming..such wild atmosphere.. Seems sport climbing is going forward! now we'll have to bolt another one harder I guess :) | ||||||
| The Three Musketeers (7b+) | Amazing line with no-hand rests with impressive knee-bars! then boulder with super dyno-jump to a slopper in the very end!super Toledano!!! |
24 Feb 2013
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| Amazing line with no-hand rests with impressive knee-bars! then boulder with super dyno-jump to a slopper in the very end!super Toledano!!! | ||||||
| Down in a hole (8a) | when I thought I was exhausted..after 15 days non-stop..unbelievable!!!human body is amazing! but the human mind is the power!! thanks everyone for countless hours of support and belay on this one! ..specially to wonder woman who was belaying me today!;) ..finally I got out of the hole, undid the node and started believing..http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/04/hardcore-climbing-at-cave.html |
8 Nov 2012
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| when I thought I was exhausted..after 15 days non-stop..unbelievable!!!human body is amazing! but the human mind is the power!! thanks everyone for countless hours of support and belay on this one! ..specially to wonder woman who was belaying me today!;) ..finally I got out of the hole, undid the node and started believing..http://mendigosmachacas.blogspot.com/2014/04/hardcore-climbing-at-cave.html |