Nodi in Porto

This place has more than 200 boulders hidden in the Nossa Senhora da Assunção woods. This is one of the most iconic boulder places in the North of Portugal. Also, you can use your sport climbing equipment on some boulders that are equipped with anchors but also you can find twelve sport climbing routes at sector da Patuda (The difficulty of those routes are between III and 7a+).

Topo could be found in "Portugal, Escalada em Rocha" by Carlos Simes. Or for a more detailed version you have: https://euroclimbing.com/files/2010/01/Blocos-Santo-Tirso-Nossa-Senhora-da-Assun%c3%a7%c3%a3o.pdf

The Boulder Sector is without a doubt the most frequented of all. Perhaps because of its central location, the access is one of the easiest to follow, and of course, being the oldest part of Boulder. The approach to this sector is made from the monastery, going down the wide paved road and following the signs that indicate the water fountain.

If you start in a Sit Down Start position it will be a V8

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#sitstart Same as Costas à Mesa through the left

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Dyno with both hands

Stand start with left hand on small vertical crimp and right hand on big crimp

Sit start with both hands on the big crimp

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Start at "Crack" and traverse right until after "Chamó gato"

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In this video a different start on the boulder to the left can be seen https://youtu.be/vdKq-I9_Yx0?si=rmnB8fiCrh3FRTS9&t=320 at 5:20

This is a small traverse between Bloca and Blocada. You should climb Bloca until the upper hold (the good one, otherwise it will be a V3/V4) and after that, you should use the last crimp of the Blocada. After that, you should do the same top-out of Blocada. Remember: when you do the traverse you have good foot holds but they're obvious.

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Sem talhados (Without carved holds)

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Sem talhados (Without carved holds)

Start with feet in air (campus) and both hands on the crimp

Starting with right hand on the crimp, left heel hook on the big hold in the arete to the left, and left hand on the crystal on the arete

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Stand start, start with left hand on the crimp and jump to get the right hand on the big bulge.

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Climbers on this boulder are visible in this video https://youtu.be/HlZupr6r8jM?si=F8m4bfBBDsGEvxz3&t=93 At the start of the video they mention it contain the boulders called "Danóninho" and "Es Baixo Demais", so those could be alternate names of these boulders.

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Dynamic jump to top

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Sector Corvo is located to the right of Sector Boulder and slightly higher. From the monastery, go down the wide cobbled road and follow the signs to the visitor's room. Just before reaching the fountain, continue to the right and go up slightly.

This boulder probably has a different name. It has been climbed since at least 2011 with a sit start, as we can see in this video https://youtu.be/vdKq-I9_Yx0?si=Q9FHlj8l4tbUTml0&t=83 at 1:20

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