This journey begins with a rumor. That's how the best start, right? On a trip I did in Lisbon, I met Baptiste, who told me about a guide guarded in a bar in Sagres, southern Portugal. This was a climbing guide that contained information on climbing spots in the area.
With this rumor in my head, we set out on a journey in search of him. In Sergi's caravan we put the climbing equipment and surfboards. You always need to surf to calm your mind before looking for "the guide". I assure you that in the water we were thinking a lot about her...
That's when we started the route through the bars to find it and... we found it. This guide was not like many others that we usually use to find climbing sectors. Not at all. This guide had been created with a purity and magic that makes it unique. Its authors had collected information over many years climbing in the area and represented, sometimes through drawings, the places where it is possible to climb. Nothing we had seen before, knowledge passed on altruistically so that others could enjoy their experience. At BTM we are eternally grateful and appreciate the opportunity to feel the power of climbing in places where other monkeys like Baptiste or we have reached thanks to this guide.
Sagres and southern Portugal in general, is known for being one of the best and most beautiful places to surf. Furthermore, it still retains the naturalness and simplicity that is lost today. You can be surfing and your only views are of cliffs and some small houses built by the local community a long time ago. Now we knew that it was not only our little surf paradise, but also a climbing gem. In this way I assure you that at least for me, it has become my favorite place on Earth... After collecting all the information we could, with the same enthusiasm as a child we went to discover all those places that appeared in the guide. Such wonders we found...
Any photo that i could show you of these magical places would not be enough... It is necessary that these landscapes are felt from the minuscule human presence to truly appreciate their greatness.
