Return trip to Mars
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]