Climbing in Costa Rica, Nicaragua?

Does anybody know of any interesting climbs (technical/non-technical) in Costa Rica? How about in Nicaragua?
Volcanoes, cliffs, crags anything???

There was a pretty nice looking top-secret crag mentioned with pictures in a previous forum post on Costa Rica. Try searching for that one.

Info from Costa Rica thread

There is more nicer areas to climb (technical/non-technical) in Guatemala. Costa Rica is expensive and very turistic... Nicaragua is cheap but nice.

SKI wrote:Does anybody know of any interesting climbs (technical/non-technical) in Costa Rica? How about in Nicaragua? Volcanoes, cliffs, crags anything???

Christian Rodriguez wrote:There is more nicer areas to climb (technical/non-technical) in Guatemala. Costa Rica is expensive and very turistic... Nicaragua is cheap but nice.

I'm in Guatemala right now, looking for mostly non-technical climbs. Do you have any recommendations?? Thanks!

Some useful CR climbing links

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Good R&I article

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Cheers!

Adam Fix wrote: I'm in Guatemala right now, looking for mostly non-technical climbs. Do you have any recommendations?? Thanks!

Hi, check this good options

Easy and nice hikes
-Volcan Chicabal (with a misterious and beautiful lake in the crater)
-Volcan Pacaya (possible to see rivers of lava and tiny explosions)
-Pico Tomastepeque or Palencia (near to the city)

Medium hikes
-Los Cuchumatanes, highly recomended hikes in high altitude for many days, go to Nebaj and hike to Chortiz, Xococop, Palop or Todos Santos trails.. awesome landscapes, no turistic but awesome place and good acommodation with mayan people, including the highest mountain in CentralAmerica (no volcanic) named Xenal.
-Sierra de Las Minas, highly recomended from Rio Hondo (Zacapa) to Alejandría camp and Cerro Palomas (woods and wild jungle)

Hard but awesome hikes
volcan Acatenango (My favorite) the best option.
volcan Atitlan
Volcan Tajumulco (highest peak in all centralamerica)

sent me a emial if you want more info. christiangrinder@aim.com

In feb/march me and a friend went up to somoto canyon, Nicaragua wondering if there was much to get into... We floated down this thing, and noticed a bunch of creep crawlies on the rock. Anyways we didn't push exploring that much. In my limited Spanish our guide was talking to me about a group of internationl folks who I think may have went in there trying to establish some stuff with bolts... but it was kinda unclear... Let me know if you wanna hook up with some climbers down there...