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 […]
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Nafplio – Kondyli
The seaside town of Nafplio is a pretty if touristy spot, full of Venetian architecture and dominated by an impressive hilltop fortress. We based ourselves at Lefka Beach Camping a […]
Nedousa
The other crag on Mt Taygetus is Nedousa, in fact it’s a whole bunch of crags set around this tiny village. We only sampled the roadside sector Tzerani which features […]
Lagada
Mt Taygetus is the highest point in the Peloponnese (2,407m), forming a huge natural barrier separating Sparta from Kalamata and the coast. There’s a steep and winding mountain road that […]
Olympia – a completely unathletic day!
Just ten minutes off our route to the south of the Peloponnese, Ancient Olympia was the perfect stop off for a quick injection of antiquity into our trip. The site […]
Alepochori
Another trip inland took us to Alepochori, yet another impressive series of crags set in magnificent limestone mountain scenery. The west facing walls are strewn with tufa, resembling orange corrugated […]
Chatzouri – into the Peloponnese
We’ve based ourselves on the coast about 20km west of Patras – pleasant enough campsite, but not a patch on the last couple of nights parked up by the sea. […]
Varasova
Another two-crag day, making the most of the heat of midday to shift base again, heading further south to Varasova. This is a huge triangular limestone mountain (917m high) overlooking […]
Mitikas
Time to head onwards and southwards, just as the weather turns nice in Meteora 😦 Ho hum… Made for a very scenic drive through hairpins and hill top villages over […]
Egg Dance in Meteora
Egg Dance on The Grail is apparently one of the most sought after ascents in Meteora – a twin-summited tower with the higher summit formed by a huge rectangular block […]
Pyli
A few days of rubbish weather here in Meteora – maybe worth binning the new belay device! Atmospheric spot in the drifting clouds though – definitely “suspended in the air” […]
Mouzaki
For a break from pebble-pulling, and to tie in with a trip to a gear shop in Trikala, we went to investigate the limestone crag at Mouzaki. Awesome spot, about […]
More Meteora – Doupiani and Adrachti
Helen came up with the brilliant idea of appeasing the weather gods by sacrificing her belay device from the top of yesterday’s route – it seems to have had the […]
In to Greece – Meteora
Our journey through southern Bulgaria took us past Rila and Pirin National Parks, between them containing the highest peaks in the country (around 2,700m), Alpine scale with some rocky bits […]
Vratsa
Probably the most famous and extensive climbing area in Bulgaria. Our well researched plans came somewhat unstuck as the campsite we’d been hoping to use as a base turned out […]
Karlukovo cave – Wow!
After a couple of weeks and a couple of thousand miles we’ve climbed on almost a dozen crags in five countries. Enjoyable routes in often great settings, but some way […]
More St. Trinity Rocks
Having reccied the approach, and with an overnight weather front dropping the temperature by 10C, we went for another look at St Trinity Rocks. First stop was the twin caves […]
In to Bulgaria and climbing around Veliko Tarnovo
Leaving Brasov we enjoyed pre-Alpine scenery over the Bucegi mountains before dropping down to the plains and relative dullness of southern Romania around Bucharest. The Bucharest ring road was a […]
Climbing in Transylvania around Brasov
It’s less than 300km from Turda to Brasov, but around a 5 hour drive. You just have to get into the slower paced groove, rejoice in the average trip mpg […]
Rimetea
Just 30 minutes from Turda is the pretty village of Rimetea, a former Hungarian mining community which has been the subject of major renovation of its classical houses and historic […]
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