Jibbinibbi

Shanti Move original Font 7B In the years of 2009 and 2011 we visited  Manali for rock climbing . In 2009 with Jean luc Jubert from Top rock adventures  we bolted and climbed few routes at Aleo.These were  Salsa (F6b), Balance Me (F6a+), Ole Ole (F7a+) The Crack (F5c Trad).  Fly Over Font 6C The rock here is hard granatie and we used the 36 volt rotary hammer drill from hilti.  It took us four days to clean and equip the three routes. I climbed balance me first go, it was nice with real balance dependent  movement, and salsa in second go. Its a classic corner with stemming and liebacking movements. We attempted the crack onsight and was able to send it. Among all the routes Ole ole was the hardest. The route has a hard bouldery start with small crimps and bad feet to a good rest and then follows a technical flake with nice movements to the chains. We could do the all the moves but the redpoint  eluded...

In January 2011 me and my brother visited Badami and Hampi to climb some rocks. The sandstone cliffs of Badami offer some nice and enjoyable sport climbing, the rock is very compact and climbing style is very athletic. We stayed there for a week and did some nice routes, but we noticed many routes have their first couple of hangers missing making some leads dangerous. This place also has lots of crack and trad climbing potential. We climbed in three different sectors Badami deluxe, Ganesh plateau, and temple area, there are lot of routes in these areas.                 Ganesha (8b+) Temple area Sport climbing Temple area, Badami We were able to send Honeymoon (7b) in the deluxe area, the well known export reject (7b) & the classic my sixties (7a) at the temple area. Temple area also has the crown of Badami the "Ganesha" 8b+. The main goal of the trip for us was to red...