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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
