Manikia – Lower Valley crags
If Leonidio is “The New Kalymnos”, then Manikia can lay a decent claim to being “The New Leonidio”. Although the earliest route dates back to 1995, and a couple of […]
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Ermionida – Didyma and Katafiki Canyon
Ermionida is the southern end of the Argolis peninsula (the “thumb” on the “hand” of the Peloponnese). Blessed by generally good weather and a good combination with the Nafplio crags, […]
Nestani and Agios Petros – nothing Spartan about these crags!
Most visitors or would be visitors to Greece, on closing their eyes, will conjure up images of islands or beaches, but it’s a surprisingly mountainous country. The Taygetus mountain range […]
Zobolo – new crags on the very edge of Europe
Leaving Leonidio on a showery day, we turned south to head down to the very tip of the Laconia peninsula, the “index finger” of the Peloponnese, dropping in to Vlychada […]
Jupiter – Wow! and the Arcadia Crags
In the inevitable roller-coaster of weather, we’ve now reached the 20C tipping point where it’s actually more comfortable climbing in the shade. With Max-temp Leonidio arriving, coinciding with a rest-day […]
Acropolis, Dornröschen, Miti and Red Rocks – Turned out Toasty again!
After a drizzly interlude, normal service has been resumed in Leonidio. Conditions, for a few days at least, are in the Goldilocks zone where it’s sunny enough to bask in […]
It’s not all S#!ts and Giggerls
People often comment on us being lucky with the weather (occasionally intimating a pact with you-know-who). Luck doesn’t really come into it – It’s more a question of a) stacking […]
New ground – Yellow Eyes, Muppet Show & Olympus
After a few days of sun-seeking and blowing off the cobwebs, temps are finally into the teens and we can start “Boldly going…” Though it’s an effort to tear ourselves […]
Leonidio revisited – Cave of Panagiá
As we bade farewell to Leonidio after a marvellous five-weeks in residence in 2019… … we certainly didn’t expect it to be another five years before a return visit. Covid […]
Greece Odyssey 2024
RockAroundTheWorld has made a couple of previous overland trips to Greece, once taking in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria on the way… … and once taking the “shortcut” via a ferry […]
Rock Around The World – a review by rockaroundtheworld.co.uk
They say “Great minds think alike”, which was the conclusion that Thierry Souchard and I reached when we found we’d chosen the same four words to headline our efforts to […]
Cap Canaille – the Calanques’ Alter Ego
A few days’ gap in Jake’s shift patterns offered the possibility of a December mini-break to chase some sun and some rock. In a fit of optimism we booked a […]
Calanques – La Grande Candelle
The perils of a December mini-break in the south of France were highlighted when a huge band of rain swept across the country on the first full day of our […]
Texas – Hueco Tanks, Big Bend, Enchanted Rock and Reimer’s Ranch
With just over a week to go before our plane home we faced the potentially dull prospect of driving a thousand miles across Texas. The first leg of our trip […]
Tucson – Mt Lemmon and The Farmhouse
Despite being in southern Arizona, in the middle of the Sonoran Desert, Tucson can lay claim to being a year-round climbing paradise. The secret to this seeming climactic contradiction is […]
Winslow to Phoenix
If Flagstaff’s claim to fame is a name-check in “Route 66” then it’s near neighbour to the east, Winslow, can thank The Eagles for its notoriety (and perhaps its continued […]
Flagstaff – from The Peaks to The Pit
There’s a tonne of climbing around Flagstaff, the epicentre of the North Arizona scene. Our previous attempt to explore some of it, at the same time of year almost twenty […]
Canyons Broad and Narrow
The cold snap in Moab gave us the nudge to join the great snowbird migration south to warmer climes (and climbs) so we set the sat nav for Arizona. First […]
Up The Creek with Too Few Cams, and More Moab
We’ve been lucky enough to visit most of the iconic American climbing areas, and many others that should be more widely known – have a browse through here if you […]
Utah – La Sal Mountains and Colorado River Road
Utah is king of the desert – at least in terms of stupendous sandstone geology. Arizona might boast The Grand Canyon, but Utah lays claim to Bryce, Zion, Canyonlands and […]
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