<\/span><\/h2>(0h00min; 0,0 km) Coll de Can Ma\u00e7ana<\/strong> (716 m)<\/strong>. You leave the car park along a track marked GR 172, you are on the \"cam\u00ed de la Roca Foradada\". In the whole area of Montserrat, work is being carried out to limit the risk of fires, by means of forestry work, favouring a mosaic landscape with open areas and encouraging grazing. Accompanied by white pines, strawberry trees, rosemary, steppe... you reach the Coll de Can Ma\u00e7ana viewpoint on the left of the track. You will see rocky areas with conglomerate, sandstone and clay strips typical of this part of the massif. A little further on, you leave the path to the right, which will take you to the Sant Pau Vell hermitage. <\/p>(0h25min; 1,0 km) Collet de Can Guirl\u00f3<\/strong> (802 m)<\/strong>. We pass a barrier and the track becomes a path. We walk between holm oaks and box trees. <\/p>The \"Agulles\" with the \"Cadireta\" and our objective \"la Roca Foradada\" on the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>(0h45min; 3,0 km) Base Roca Foradada<\/strong> (835 m)<\/strong>. We find the path that ascends to our right. We can divide it into three sections, the first a path. The second, a rocky section where we climb up with the help of a rope and then another winding section to the base of the spire.<\/p>First stretch of the ascent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>The rope helps us in our upward progression on the rocky section.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Last stretch before our goal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>(0h55min; 3.2 km) Roca Foradada<\/strong> (930 m)<\/strong>. This triangular hole, with a flat base, is about 10 metres high and 6 metres wide at the base. As a curiosity, in mid-July from the chapel of Sant Pau Vell you can see the sun rise through this hole. You can also see it set, but for this you will have to go to other places (for example, Castellbell i el Vilar) and wait until mid-February. This visual phenomenon is called \"flor de Sol\" and is a tourist attraction in the area.<\/p>A small holm oak that has grown at the base of the \"Roca Foradada\", accompanies us in our contemplation of the landscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>After relaxing and taking in the views and perhaps enjoying a small snack, it is now time to descend to the base of the rocky spire. <\/p>The same rope as before guides us on the descent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>From here we have two possibilities: to go back to the \"coll de Can Ma\u00e7ana\" or to link up with another route: Circular through \"les Agulles\", from Can Ma\u00e7ana, passing by the Vicen\u00e7 Barb\u00e9 refuge.<\/strong> <\/p>The legends of the \"Foradada Rock\".<\/strong><\/p>This rocky hole has always symbolised a portal or threshold to cross, generally to the underworld. One of the legends tells how the devil, who had made himself lord and master of Montserrat, had to flee, pursued by the Virgin Mary. Seeing himself cornered, he hit the mountain, piercing it and opening a chasm that led him straight to hell. Another curious legend tells of a mountain in the sky that the angels would play with. This mountain would be dragged across the firmament with a rope. God, seeing the commotion they were making, made them bring the toy down to Earth. They dragged it so much that in the end the rope broke, although the hole through which they dragged it was visible. <\/p>
The free fall of the \"birdman<\/strong><\/p>In December 2012, a Norwegian skydiver, Alexander Polli, free-fell 250 km\/h into the interior of the \"Foradada Rock\". You have to be very skilled and daredevil to do this feat. Link to video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h4b3059u7gg<\/p>
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Ascensi\u00f3n a la sorprendente Roca Foradada desde \u00abel coll de Can Ma\u00e7ana\u00bb<\/a><\/blockquote>