Sport rock climbing at Dynamos Mexico City.

How does it look like a typical day for climbing people to be at Dynamos? And what is the outcome for people to associate with the nature of this beautiful Natural reserve?

“Los Dynamos” is a Protected Natural Area in Mexico City with two thousand 429 hectares of forest.

What do you think you will find in this protected natural area in CDMX? Maybe yourself?
The beautiful Reserve grants the people of the city to release most of their concerns to go away with the nature of the forest, with the healthy hiking between the creeks and trees. Furthermore, for more fun and adventurous people, exist the possibility of practicing sport climbing and boulder at Dynamos; with technical routes challenging experimental climbers with hidden holds and footholds at the crag.
It’s easy to get lost at the Dynamos if you are heading to the rock climbing areas if it is the first time going and without a guide, owing to the wildness of the forest.

The nature of Dynamos is what makes people satisfied when they get home after hiking, climbing, or just spending time doing a picnic looking at the stream going down. Because nature helps to calm the mind, the body, and the soul by the freshening wind blowing between the trees and mountains, cleaning the lungs, and taking away most of the personal problems that people deal with their lives as a consequence of crowed cities.

Dynamos is a Protected Natural Area divided into 5 sectors for the climbing community: First, second, third, fourth, and quarter and a half dynamo. This section is single-minded for the fourth Dynamo.

For climbers, the adventure begins by hiking all the way up to find the climbing location, which is already an accomplishment; leads to motivation and to put aside all their fears and problems of the city that accumulate throughout the week by climbing, falling, and trying hard.

People learning from Nature, the rock, and themselves.

The Journey back home:

Once climbers are satisfied and tired of having fun and working on themselves there are two tough tasks to go; first, to clean the route, that is to say, to remove all personal belongings like gear and the chalk that climbers use to feel the friction in their hands. Second, to hike down between the rainy weather that could make the way back slippery or even delete the track due to heavy rain.

That means, the adventure does not end until you are on the couch of your home wishing to have a warm shower while eating a good soup that makes you feel relaxed and ready to sleep.

When the climbing is over, people start walking between the trees, tall grass, rocks that are standing as an obstacle is what makes Dynamos a beautiful and unique walk, making people’s eyes glued to nature itself with the amazing chance of spotting a rare bird, or even reptiles crawling up and down in the wildness of the deep forest of Dynamos just to get home safely.

“Rock climbing is becoming more popular…and that concerns” – By Jackie Snow.

The blog post from National Geographic details the overall popularity that rock climbing has gained in the past decade with staggering news about rock climbing such as “Free Solo” and Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Such reports have called people to explore rock climbing as a whole, new people that have no previous knowledge of nature or the sport itself, compromising rock climbing locations and sport climbing.
Why should be concerned about people who wanted to practice rock climbing? two straightforward reasons: Sport Climbing is a sport that requires attention with where the gear goes and how it works, and the number of people that climb at natural locations such as bouldering, water solo or sport climbing leaving waste chalk on the rocks polluting the environment.
According to Jackie Snow, the waste of chalk is affecting spirituality important areas for indigenous people who were willing to share part of their land with climbers.
This is proof of climbers affecting private, properties and natural resources.
and let’s not forget the fact that some climbers or people trying for the first time as well, being beginners, don’t have full respect for climbing locations leaving garbage or food waste.

From a personal perspective what the National Geographic post tried to denote is crucial, I consider myself a new generation climber and even I could spot the surge of new people trying this wonderful sport; which makes me realize most of the factors that Jackie snow tries to highlight. And from time to time witness the significant amount of chalk wast at climbing locations that cannot get erased for the total of climbers who have spent time into the rock and not been able to wash even with the help of rain.
In conclusion, I believe that every new climber must know these things for a fact. Because every time people climb any rock, we are already damaging a little part of it, and if it’s too many several times a greater challenge could present for climbing locations that could not allow climbers and nature to coexist. There are already climbing locations in Mexico that are not allowing people to climb owing to the fact of the significant waste they leave behind in their climbing sessions.

PUDE climbing

Supply for Sport Climbing

This website blog is also a rock climbing website, but this one is focused on building routs in climbing locations, how’s that possible? Very simple indeed!
They either climb with the gear to put on the rock following the sequence of the natural holds that nature provides, or they hang themselves from the top with ropes with the same purpose to gear up the rock available for the climber who performs sport climbing.
Gear such as bolts and screws to make a safer climb.
This duo of Mexican climbers focuses on a significant amount of ideas while affecting these climbing locations: Nature, respect nature without damaging, meaning putting as little gear as possible to avoid damage to the stones that people start climbing.
I believe this is important since these people care about life, and that is one of the links I found between the Nature climbing website and the “PUDE website”, both address their intentions towards rock climbing, nature, and the meaning of life in order to have a balanced life or climb!
From a personal perspective I believe the job these two climbers are doing is great, they are providing the chance for more climbers to enjoy natural areas safely but with a touch of respect towards nature, because people are requiring the use of natural formations in order to practice rock climbing. And thanks to the mindset of the two Mexican climbers can thrive respect and awareness toward nature.

A few Sections that have been equipped by these two climbers in Mexico:

  • El Doctor, Qto.
  • Sarro, Qto.
  • Cuarto y Medio Dinamo, CDMX.
  • Cuarto Dinamo, CDMX.
  • Peña Sola, Edo. Méx.
  • Peñas de Dexcani Alto, Edo. Méx.
  • Dos Bocas, Gro.
  • Cueva del Penitente, Hgo.

Author: Arcadis Artis and Ulises Fierro

Rock Climbing In Jilotepec State of Mexico.

This curved wall is made of a volcanic conglomerate that allows people to do extreme sports such as rock climbing and rappel thanks to the fact that it exceeds 25 meters in height of old rocks that in Mexico are identified and called “Peñas” or “Peñoles”.

The photo taken of the climber is in a scale sector within the Jilotepec area called the circus, which is recognized by the tube shape that forms in this sector.

Climber: Oscar Vega

Photographer: Bernardo