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Return trip to Mars

October 30, 2017by Dominic 1 Comment

On arriving back at the campsite in Leonidio after our Kyparissi excursion we’d spotted a fellow GB plated campervan and were surprised to find that our friends Andy and Wendy […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Theos 

October 29, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Another gorgeous day with just a hint of a breeze to make some sunny climbing tolerable. Theos is a series of sectors running rightwards from Yellow Wall and making up […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Hot Rock 

October 28, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Another one for a cooler day (I guess the clue’s in the name). Hot Rock is on the far left end of Kokkinovrachos, and accessed by an easy 10mins mostly […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Skiadianiko

October 27, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

We’d gazed down on this major crag from the lofty viewpoint of Elona, a week or so earlier. Clearly in full sun with what looks like a major traipse. A […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Mad Wall and Yellow Wall 

October 26, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

With a big storm arriving just in time to force a much-needed rest-day, we seized the opportunity of the cloud cover the following day  to visit one of the many […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Kyparissi – Kastraki

October 24, 2017by Dominic 3 Comments

We spent a peaceful night high above Kyparissi at the parking for sector Psilovrachos, with the clearing storm painting the skies and sea red We awoke to find just how […]

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Greece, Peloponnese

Vlychada

October 23, 2017by Dominic 1 Comment

Yet another tortuous drive south leads from Kyparissi village up past the higher crags and over a coll at about 700m before winding through a couple of mountain villages until […]

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Greece, Peloponnese

Kyparissi – sector Watermill

October 22, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

We decided to take a side trip to Kyparissi, about 15km further down the coast. That’s 15km as the crow flies, but about 40km by road (and that’s a huge […]

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Greece, Peloponnese

King of Thrones and Aresos

October 21, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

We’d heard good things about Sector King of Thrones, another shady option on what was forecast to be the last of the blazing hot days (27C), so we were quite […]

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Greece, Leonidio

St Nicholas

October 20, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

What better way to start your day than breakfast on the beach, 30m from the van? Time to check out the options for the day’s cragging in the guidebook over […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Elona

October 19, 2017by Dominic 2 Comments

A couple of hairpins before the Nifada parking you turn a bend and are confronted by the sight of the Elona Monastery perched spectacularly against the red rock walls high […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Frankenstein

October 18, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

With Jake’s visit, a bunch of exciting new crags to explore and unbroken immaculate weather, I’d somehow managed to climb for 11 days on the trot – you don’t need […]

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Greece, Leonidio

A trip to Mars

October 17, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Mars is big and red (and quite a long way away… certainly a bit more than the 20 minutes suggested in the guidebook, but well worth the effort.)  It’s probably […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Uncategorized

Leonidio – sector Sabaton 

October 16, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Leonidio has reached the attention of the wider climbing community over the past year or so and been touted as “the next Kalymnos”. It’s around 4 hours south of Athens […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Hasia cave 

October 15, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Having been amazed by the “away from it all” settings of all the Athens crags we’ve visited, we finally had our first urban climbing experience at Hasia cave.  This sits […]

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Athens area, Greece

Vrachokipos and Lelaki

October 14, 2017by Dominic 3 Comments

More world class tufa tussles are to be had on these two crags, a couple of km further up the dirt road from Sesi on Mt Hymettus. For once the […]

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Athens area, Greece

Mavrosouvala – and an aborted visit to the Acropolis 

October 13, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Enjoyable climbing so far in Athens, and very conveniently shady, but still a bit short of “World Class”, and we were keen to find something more spectacular for Jake. Mavrosouvala […]

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Athens area, Greece

Korakofolia

October 12, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Another sunny day in Athens so another shady crag. Korlakofolia translates as Ravens Nest (very reminiscent of home!), and was recommended to us by a friendly climber we bumped into […]

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Athens area, Greece

Sesi

October 11, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

Jake got in on the “red eye” around 1am so we’d packed him off to an airport hotel for the night and picked him up at 10am this morning. Sesi […]

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Athens area, Greece

Mikri Varasova / EPOS Fylis – cragging around Athens 

October 10, 2017by Dominic Leave a comment

We’re off to Athens for a few days – and if that looks like a bit of a zag in the odyssey then it’s because we’re picking up Jake from […]

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Athens area, Greece

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