Hampi Badami climbing trip 2011

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 redpoint Saraswati (7c+) in Ganesh plateau on which we worked for couple of days. We could do the route in sections but the redpoint eluded us. This line was opened by Arnaud petit and has powerful climbing on crimps, small pockets, slopers & pinches. During rest days we visited the famous cave temples of Badami and also of Pattadakal and Aihole. After a week in Badami we went to Hampi the bouldering Mecca of Asia.

Hampi is a well known destination for climbers from all over the world and has a very different feel from Badami. The climbing is mostly powerful climbing on sharp crimps, but also offers technical problems on arêtes slabs and cracks. We did not spend much time but able to climb some nice problem. I was able to send one nice 6C second go, felt soft for the grade. It was super nice to climb here and we will be definitely ne back soon.

Font 6C in relax boulder area, Hampi

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