Milianos Cave – another fine offering from Gibson Productions
It’s getting seriously hot, and climbing in the sun is becoming completely untenable. Even on the morning shade crags, the pressure of the imminent arrival of “big yellow face” makes […]
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Grande Grotte & Afternoon – and what a Grand Day!
I’d put off a visit to Grande Grotte, hoping to leave it until my hand was sorted – it really is the centrepiece of Kalymnos climbing! With a couple of […]
Back to the Valley
… Not THAT Valley, but the Arginonta Valley. A nice shady spot for Mike and Heidi’s last day, and near the road in case of the possibility of a storm […]
Poets and Iianis
I’d parked sector Poets into the “if we run out of other crags” bucket, as we’d guessed that being one of the first to be developed and nearest to town […]
Rest day research
We’ve been here 10 days and climbed each day – I wouldn’t say we’ve done ten days climbing (a few gentler sessions and half days) but we probably should have […]
Odyssey
“The ultimate point of reference in Kalymnos”, or so says the guide. With a hundred routes, including the island’s hardest, it’s certainly a crag I felt compelled to visit (though […]
Symplgades
Another winner for a toasty day, this crag faces east AND west – with climbing on both sides of a ravine. Pretty handy, huh? The route of the day for […]
Secret Garden
This really is a tremendous spot for a hot day. You approach by hiking up to a ridge line above the road, from where you get great views of the […]
Prophet Andreas
We woke to the dreadful news from Manchester – sometimes you wonder if the “connected everywhere always” paradigm is really the way forward. It seems very strange to be in […]
Sea Breeze
A big thunderstorm kept us entertained during the night (!) and then dumped an inch or two of rain over breakfast – was that the day written off? Nope, this […]
Panorama
A grey day needn’t be bad news – especially if you want to climb on an otherwise too sunny crag. Today’s gloom prompted a look at Panorama, the sector of […]
Ghost KitchenÂ
With a few routes under our belts, and confirmation that my dodgy hand is at least permitting some climbing, we decide to sample some of Kalymnos’ biggest attraction – it’s […]
Geriakos
With the storm having blown through, we had a bit of cloud and a cooling breeze so decided to brave a sunny crag. Geriakos came highly recommended by Mike and […]
Arginonta
With a forecast for showers and thunderstorms it made sense to be near the road on a south facing crag with the occasional cave. Arginonta main crag, just across the […]
Welcome to Kalymnos – Arginonta Valley
After a midnight arrival on Kos and an overnight at the Matichari Bay hotel, we caught the 10am ferry to Kalymnos. Absolutely rammed as the 9 o’clock had been cancelled […]
Bamford
What a change from last Wednesday. Tshirt and shorts was the order of the day, and Burbage was bathed in glorious sunshine! Just what the Rucksack Club ordered for the […]
A quick fix at The Torrs
With a bit of a lull in the summery weather a local sheltered spot was called for – where better than New Mills Torrs? Dave and I headed down into […]
Ravenstones and Rob’s Rocks – a two Chew day
With the Rucksack Club meet set for Ravenstones in the evening, but Jim needing to be back by 5, we settled on a 2 crag strategy. Start the day at […]
Stanage – Marble Wall
A quick blast of climbing was just what Jake needed after a tough few days, but would the weather play ball? With rain spattering on the windscreen over The Snake […]
