Bouldering & Block in HAMPI

Hampi, hampi: a paradise for the climbers.

The rocks, apart from the intrinsec energy they desprend, are a wonderful school. Here you can meet climbers from every single country in the world, concretely in The Goan Corner, the Guest House where everybody meets to take breakfast around 6 AM and later jump off directly to the rocks, trying to get the routes.

Tom Churchman and Lewis Stewart are the best climbers of my guesthouse. Tom is being done dread locks by Alex. Meanwhile, he teaches me some essential vocabulary for climbing in English.



This is Clémonce, the European champion in bloc. She is French and comes to India, Hampi, to train.

THE BLOCK:

This is the challenge of the day for the professional climbers: The surfer's traverse

Bloquing. Go girl, go!



Surfer's traverse. Lewis Stewart

Short CLIMBING dictionary for non-English speakers:
(TRANSLATION done by Tom Churchman, from Birmingham in Gopi's Guesthouse)
CLIMBING STYLES: bouldering, block, sport climbing (frikis), traditional climbing ("trad"), mountaineriing, aid climbing (artificial).

Climbing stuff:
ROPE cuerda
KNOT nudo
QUICKDRAW cinta exprés
SLING cinta
CARABINER moscata
SCREWGATE (or LOCKING) CARABINER mosquetón con cierre
MAYON mayón
HARNESS harness, baudrier
GRI-GRI gri-gri o grillo
BELAY DEVICE autoasegurador tipo 8

FRIEND friend
CAM tascón o friend
NUT empotrador
DAISY daisy
cordino


In the wall:
ANCHOR seguro en general
BOLT HANGER chapa
EXPANSION BOLT parabolt
STAPLE grapa
PITON clavo
BOLT tornillo


The rock:


ROUTE vía
HOLDS agarres, cantos en general
ARÈTE arista


CORNER chimenea
CRIMP laja
FISSURE fisura

TWO FINGER HOLE bidedo
MONO monodedo

TUFA espolón
JUG repisa
UNDERCUT invertido
EXPOSED expuesto
desplome


INSTRUCTIONS!!!!

TAKE ROPE!! Pilla!
WATCH ME!! Atento!
SLACK Dame cuerda!
CLIP Chapar
SAFE! Chapa!
CHANGE OVER Reunión
LOWER ME OFF Bájame!
BRING ME DOWN "
LOOSE Más suelto
TIGHT Pilla más!

LEADING Escalar de primero
SECONDING De segundo
FOLLOW De segundo
TOP ROPE Toprope, cuerda por arriba

The rocks are everywhere!!

Give me a chance! Joan, els teus pantalons d'Argentina (del Boca?), que van amb mi a la tombarella pel món!


The rock is really sharpen and painful... it seems easy but it isn't!



Pau Vaquer, great climber! I'll come to Eivissa to climb with you, mate!
Adam




Lewis, mmmmmm, anatomy studies.