September is supposed to be the best season to go for deep water soloing in Mallorca. The temperatures are not as high as in summer, whereas the water reaches its highest temperatures. Deep water soloing is climbing on cliffs above the sea without any protection and falling into the sea if you don’t manage to get up. The cliffs we were going to climb on this trip ranged from 10 to 20 meters height.
I flew from Barcelona with a Slovenian friend Miha to Palma, where Daniel and Derek from Hamburg picked us up and drove us to Cala Barques, a small beach on the eastern side of the island, where we would spend most of our time.
We lived in The Cave (a cave indeed) on the beach, which Daniel and others systematically equip with just about everything. Most of the things get stolen over the year (axe, saw, shovel, etc.), but a clay oven and a carved wooden chair , a hanging bed, a table as well as other tools make for a cosy living. One day we went to explore the depths of this long cave. After walking and crawling for ca. 10 minutes we arrived at a big cavity that accommodates a sweet-water lake.
The climbing was a bit too scary for my taste, not being used to this style of free climbing and falling into the sea from such heights. Most of the time you would first have to downclimb from 10-20m in order to get to the base of the routes. Although easy, these downclimbs scared the hell out of me and didn’t foster my appetite to keep going up and down all day. But the sea was perfect to swim in and Daniel and Derek had put up a slackline park on the beach, so there was plenty to enjoy.
Daniel is a regular of Cala Barques and has uploaded a few videos from other years on www.youclimb.de. You can check the videos in the section called DWS to get a taste…
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