El Oso Sobre todo Escalada clásica 27 vías en escuela

During the Project “Alpinist 2010-2013” by the Alpine Club South Tyrol a group of young alpinist climbed a few new routes on the Auyantepuy. This tepui plateau, located in the Gran Sabana of Venezuela is quite difficult to reach but offers high quality climbing possibilities. During the February of 2012 the team of the Alpine Club opened together with Helmut Gargitter, Ivan Calderon and Bernd Arnold some twenty routes between one and five pitches, ranging between the difficulties 5c and 7c. The routes are all located around the Camp el Oso, on the plateau of the Auyantepui.

The plateau on top of the Auyantepui is disseminated with boulders of all sizes. The variety ranges between some small boulders and hundred and fty meters high rocks. The quartz-sediment stone can be found in different qualities, but fortunately in most cases and es- pecially around Camp el Oso it is perfect. There is only a very small chance of stonefall since the quality if the rock is very good and so there are virtually no loose stones on the climbs. The quality de- pends mainly on the percentage of quartz contained in the stone. Generally the lighter the color the better it holds. Caution is neces- sary with the natural anchor points since they tend to hold less than the equivalemnts in limestone.