Beni Blaser and Kevin Heiniger are rowing Boulder

The two Bernese climbers Beni Blaser and Kevin Heiniger have just a few days ago a video about their trip to the Spanish bouldering Albarracin published.

If you watch the two of them like that, you feel like getting into the camper and driving to Spain. More precisely, to the picturesque town of Albarracin. For some years now, the town near Madrid has blossomed into the bouldering Mecca of Spain. Beni Blaser and Kevin Heiniger visited the area last autumn and pulled some boulders.

Video about the Albarracin trip by Beni Blaser and Kevin Heiniger

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