Hi everyone, I am new in the field of climbing and I have just come back from Austria where I was visiting the European Championships in Imst and Innsbruck. Both hosting towns are in the Tirol region and that is why my friends and I decided to go and see the wall in Gerlos as it is also in Tirol and was not that far. We have heard that the wall is suitable for new climbers and that there are also climbing courses going on there. To our amazement the wall was practically not accessible and when we asked around we found out that there were some kind of problems the municipality is facing with it due to some fraudulent actions of their contractor. Does anyone know any details about that ? Has anyone managed to climb there already?
Hi Ira,From what I know the wall's been built by a company from Bulgaria but the guy they've been working with, the infamous Hans-Jorg Finsterer, has applied some tricks, cheated both the bulgarians and the munipality and disappeared with the money. I happen to have met him in the past - really not the person I would like to work with. I guess it would be pretty difficult for the guys in bulgaria to collect the money.
Climbing in Gerlos, Austria