In reply to Andy Say:
Just to clear up the issue about the route names.
I had a lot of communication with the locals during the writing of this guide (a process which is continuing which is great for future guides). Miquel Angel in Pollensa was very helpful with sorting out curious spelling anomalies and offering the names for routes in the North East. Carlos Raimundo also helped in the central area and now Pedro Pons has started offering routes names for the new crag at Can Ortigues.
The problem is that the whole Rockfax guide process revolves around a tight integration between the database and the book. Each new book edition is fed back to the database which then slowly evolves again to be fed back into the new book (with grade decisions being taken at this point only). The process works really well unless you get the situation like we had with the last book where loads of the routes were just 'Route 7', 'Route 8', etc. In this case the feedback loop can fail in that people lose any idea of what route they were on, additionally, and more importantly, we have to rename all the numbered routes in the next edition if there is a new route. Then we get two 'Route 7's in separate editions.
I decided to give neutral names to the un-named routes in the guide this time to get around this problem. The route becomes more identifiable and we can continue the name into the next edition. I will also change any route name to the local or FA name as soon as requested.
It is never the case that we change route names to our own choice. We will always name a route based on information we have received. We don't get all the German and Spanish magazines so it is possible that some route names get published elsewhere which we miss.
As an example of the confusion that can occur when different nationalities try and co-ordinate information: Route 9, Sector Es Torrente at Gorg Blau, on page 103 is known locally as 'Muscul Man' because the locals didn't know the name. The guy who put the bolts in emailed me and told me it was called 'Akkupunktur'. Nobody is trying to offend anyone or steamrolling over local preferences here, it is simply a matter that when compiling that quantity of information, it is far form clear where one needs to look.
Alan