Climbing:Portugal/Sesimbra

The Sesimbra climbing school is located in Arrábida Natural Park right next to Sesimbra town. The first sport routes in Sesimbra date from 1994 and were equipped by Paulo Gorjão, Francisco Ataíde and João Maria Schiappa. Almost 10 years later, João Gaspar and Mário Santos bolt new routes, followed by Emílio Andrade, Filipe Costa e Silva, Paulo Santos, Leopoldo Faria, Miguel Loureiro, Carlos Pereira e Paulo Roxo.

Rock Type	GPS Location for main access
Limestone	38.433901, -9.120260 (38°26'02.0"N 9°07'12.9"W)

How to get there

When entering Sesimbra town find the beach line and the boat's marine. Go around it and at the end there is a dirt road that goes up, in the middle of that road there a trail on the side of the ocean. Follow that trail and at the end there is the "Portugal dos Pequeninos" sector, the other sector is next to it.

Climbing Sectors

Vertigem

#	Name	Grade	Notes	# Bolts	(m)	Equipped by
1	Unnamed	6c
2	Unnamed	6b
3	Talk Show	6a
4	Ninho do Pardal	7b
5	Projecto	8?
6	Tangente Inocente	7c
7	Sub Nasa	6c
8	Ballet do Elefante	7a
9	Cagalhão de Kilo	7a
10	Prisão de Ventre	7c?
11	Malucos para a Troca	6b/6c
12	Tendencioso	6b+
13	Trombeiros	6c
14	Pica de Orégãos	6c
15	Mariscada	6a
16	Vive Bem Sem Namorada	7a - 8a
17	Unnamed	7c
18	Unnamed	6b - 7a+
19	Unnamed	7c
20	Unnamed	6c
21	Curto Circuito	6c

Portugal dos Pequeninos

#	Name	Grade	Notes	# Bolts	(m)	Equipped by
?	Lobularia Marítima	V
22	Pacote	V			10
23	Os Coxos Também Andam	V+			10
24	Trocas e Brocas	8a?			10
25	Tens Nome?	6a			11
26	Dêem-me uma Ruiva que eu Quero é Escalar	6c			15
27	Glue Man	V+			16
?	Iniciação	IV+
28	Chip da Poupança	6b+			10
29	Nó Górdio	8a?			10
30	Gostas de Costas?	6c			10
31	Dá para os Dois Lados	6b			10
32	Força Bruta	IV+			13
33	Puzzle	6a+			10
34	Terapia Vaginal	6b+			11
35	Mentes Obtusas	6c			12
?	Primeira	V+

External Links

• Grupo de Montanha e Escalada de Sintra