17 December 2013

Hampi - "The largest bouldering area of the world"

Golden Boulders is a new topo for Hampi in India made by Gerald Krug and Christiane Hupe. It actually started with sport climbing in the early 90-ties but quickly the bouldereers took over and during the whole period also trad routes have been opened. In total, the topo of, "The largest bouldering area in the world", includes 1 400 lines. The concentration is grade 6 and there are plenty problems all the way to grade 1 and most of them have been opened by Pil Lockey. More info and buy it here for Euro 30. What makes Hampi so special for bouldering are the clean, flat rock plateaus with the many single standing boulders of all sizes on top of it. There are three main styles of climbing. First is overhanging with positive edges. Second is a wide variety of aretes with technical refinement. Third is crack climbing in all sizes. Fly to either Mumbai (Bombay) or Bangalore and go on with the night train to Hospet. From there bus or rikshaw brings you to Hampi. The best season is the winter and you can rent crash pads for Euro 1 -2 per day. In the 8a Tick List, we can see that most of the 1 800 ascents are around 7A.
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