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 […]
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Theos
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 […]
Hot Rock
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 […]
Skiadianiko
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 […]
Mad Wall and Yellow Wall
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 […]
Kyparissi – Kastraki
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 […]
Vlychada
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 […]
Kyparissi – sector Watermill
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 […]
King of Thrones and Aresos
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 […]
St Nicholas
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 […]
Elona
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 […]
Frankenstein
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 […]
A trip to Mars
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 – sector Sabaton
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 […]
Hasia cave
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 […]
Vrachokipos and Lelaki
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 […]
Mavrosouvala – and an aborted visit to the Acropolis
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 […]
Korakofolia
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 […]
Sesi
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 […]
Mikri Varasova / EPOS Fylis – cragging around Athens
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 […]
