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Climbing banned in Madrid park until August to protect birds of prey during breeding season

ROCK-CLIMBING in the Sierra de Guadarrama national park is set to be banned until August as authorities scramble to safeguard the area’s wildlife during breeding

3 Apr, 2026 @ 15:45

Environment·Lead·Madrid·Nature

Watch: Incredible rescue operation in Spain after injured climber becomes stuck on cliff face

DRAMATIC footage has been released by Catalonia’s Generalitat force, showing the rescue of a climber in Lleida. On Saturday afternoon, a MAER helicopter, a GRAE

17 Feb, 2025 @ 18:14

Lead·Nature·Other News·Sport

Spanish climber sets new world record after spending 500 days in Granada cave cut off from the world

WITH A SMILE on her face and wearing dark glasses to protect her from the daylight, Spanish climber and elite sportswoman Beatriz Flamini emerged on

16 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Granada·Lead·Sport

Spanish climber falls to his death in Italy

ITALIAN emergency services have recovered the body of a Spanish man who fell from his death while climbing in the Dolomites. The man, in his

7 Jul, 2022 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Two American tourists fall to their deaths while rock climbing without ropes in Spain’s Mallorca

TWO men from the USA fell to their death whilst rock climbing without a rope in Cala Mitjana and Cala Sa Nau coves in Portocolom.

16 Sep, 2021 @ 12:51

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

NOT PEAKED: Pensioner mountaineer in Spain gets new KNEE in bid to break incredible world record

Brought up in Spain’s post-war era, human dynamo Carlos Soria has only two ‘eight-thousanders’ to summit before becoming the oldest man in history to conquer

8 Dec, 2018 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Nature

British mountaineer dies after abseiling down mountain in Spain’s Costa Blanca

The man, who has not yet been identified, was with a woman who was airlifted to hospital with a broken leg

28 Nov, 2018 @ 11:03

Lead·Other News

On the up!

Keen climber Eloise Horsfield has a fabulous day out scaling the heights in El Chorro

6 Jan, 2012 @ 12:53

Other News

The most stunning place in Spain?

Two cities which have recently become official “sisters”, Ronda (Málaga) and Cuenca (Castilla–La Mancha), are arguably two of the most stunning locations in Spain

14 Mar, 2011 @ 20:29

Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains

Climbing banned in Madrid park until August to protect birds of prey during breeding season

Watch: Incredible rescue operation in Spain after injured climber becomes stuck on cliff face

Spanish climber sets new world record after spending 500 days in Granada cave cut off from the world

Spanish climber falls to his death in Italy

Two American tourists fall to their deaths while rock climbing without ropes in Spain’s Mallorca

NOT PEAKED: Pensioner mountaineer in Spain gets new KNEE in bid to break incredible world record

British mountaineer dies after abseiling down mountain in Spain’s Costa Blanca

On the up!

The most stunning place in Spain?

Spain pushes ahead with rural 5G internet rollout – with public cash funding new masts to close the ‘digital divide’

Husband, 45, arrested after wife’s killed in suspected gender violence case in northern Spain

Hurrah! Spain to bask in ‘summer-like’ scorching sunshine until Easter Monday – here’s where you can hit the beach this weekend

Climbing banned in Madrid park until August to protect birds of prey during breeding season

EXPLAINER: Why have encounters with orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar collapsed by 80% in just two years?

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