Rock climbing & Bouldering around Manali

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 us, as the time ran out. In 2011 we came back  and was able to send it in a few tries.This  gave us the confidence to push ourselves harder on more difficult climbs in the area                          

The crack F5c trad 

Salsa F6b 

Nag Baba Font 6C

We explored the  bouldering around Manali in 2011 with Dave a British climber living in Vashisht.  The areas around Manali  to boulder are Solang valley , Bhang,and the Orchard area in Vashisht. Some of the problems we climbed there are Nag Baba(Font6C), Far out(Font 6C) at Solang & Fly over(Font 6C), Shanti move(Font7B) at the orchard area in Vashisht. The Shanti bloc in the orchard area is  a classic of the region which climbs a beautiful aerate and is rated Font 7B. It is the best problem i have done,.the direct finish is still a project. These areas recently got visited by legends like Fred Nicole and Bernd Zangerl and now has problems up to Font 8B, and there are also many new areas  to be explored, and for sure we will  be coming back to these places.

Far Out Font 6C