Frey

Last couple of days before heading to Brazil, Dale and I took advantage of a good weather window in Cerro Catedral (Frey) and did a two days mission to climb there. Frey is a beautiful area with granite spires and walls full of short multi pitch routes. We were motivated to try an 8a+ in the south face of Aguja Principal, but we thought that a two days mission in a shady face would be too audacious. So we decided to try a 3 pitches project called ‘Otra vez arroz’ in the Muralha China graded as 7c? in the guide book. Turns out that the project pitch is much harder. Despite our efforts after 3 tries each, we decided to leave it for another opportunity. We did all the sessions of the crux pitch and we think it might be an 8a+/b.
The second day we decided to climb something more moderate and went back to the Principal to climb ‘No te olvidaremos’ a really beautiful line with very unique shapes, specially for granite routes.
It was nice to come back to Frey after almost 20 years since my first visit.Read more