15 Sep Madagascar: 2 new routes on Vatovarindry

 

On 2010′ summer, Spanish climbers Mikel Lázaro and Alberto Urtasunand carried out the FA a  route on the east wall of Vatovarindry in Madagascar.
 
The route, named Mahity Bolom-Bava, goes up on the central part of the wall through a series of face-climb  with reglettes and has a maximum difficulty of 7a +.
 
The route, which is located to the left of Veloma Madagasikara  by Motto and Pellizzari (1998), is fully equipped (bolts spaced).
 
Then Lázaro and Urtasun teamed up with to Christian Delaroche, Gilles Gautier and Pilartxo Aranaz to invent Woostock 300m 6b, Vatovarindry,  again  on the far left wall.

 
 

Source and photos: Alberto Urtasun – Desnivel