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tallgirlmom t1_j6trudj wrote

Reply to comment by LowerBed5334 in Adršpašskoteplické skály, Czech Republic [OC][3024x4032] by barc1n

Yup, was thinking the same thing. Grew up in Dresden, and did a lot of hiking and rock climbing out there in my youth.

For all those who are not familiar with it, it’s also called Saxon Switzerland. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Switzerland

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grepe t1_j6vyt9j wrote

Those are different ones. These are about 100km to the east from Elbe on Polish border.

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grepe t1_j6vwj9b wrote

Climbing on those things is one of the most amazing and surreal experiences a climber can do. Especially if the ring to belay down from is on the neighbouring tower only...

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TopolCZ t1_j6wni4b wrote

So you had to jump to the other tower?
I spend a lot of time in rock cities, often off the tourist road and on drugs, but I don't climb, and I would be paralyzed with fear if I had to jump between two tall towers (I mean, it depends on how far apart they are, but still...)

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tallgirlmom t1_j6xbnl7 wrote

Jumping between rock towers is actually something some climbers do for fun. (Not me!)

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grepe t1_j6yseyu wrote

Honestly, jumping between the towers may be the least scary part of the climb. This is not typical rock climbing with anchor point every 2m or so... there are rules in place that state they cannot be closer than 5m from each other and most paths have max 2 (one in the middle and one on top, sometimes only the one on top).

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tallgirlmom t1_j6xbk73 wrote

I loved climbing there, because there were so many natural hand grips and little holes to stick feet into. And the rock is soft. Much unlike the nasty finger-eating granite I climbed in Joshua Tree in later years.

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biges_low t1_j71bm59 wrote

JT is fine (but i was there just for 1 day), if you compare it to Jizera mountains granite :)

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