Climbing guide to the stunning Paklenica Gorge (pronounced Pakleneetsa by locals) which lies near Starigrad-Paklenica on the Croatian coast and contains bolted and semi-bolted limestone routes. It is easily reached in half a day's drive from Zagreb the capital, or from Trieste in Italy, which are both served by budget airlines. It's a spectacular area of a spectacular country and well worth a visit.
Although many of the buttresses are fully bolted for sport climbing, the major cliff is Anica Kuk which contains routes up to 11 pitches in length and some of these need a reasonable rack of wires, nuts slings and cams.
There are routes of varied grades for all abilities, though the grades will seem a bit tough if you are used to Kalymnos, with 6a often close to UK 5c.
There is a short chapter on the recently developed bouldering in the gorge - there's a lot of potential.
Full colour photo-topos throughout.
In English, Serbo-Croat and German.
By Boris Čujić.
Card cover, 21cm x 15cm, Marker Ribbon, 376 pages.
This edition 2022.
ISBN: 978-953-6912-24-7.