Ticino – Galbisio, sector Movenpick: a very handy crag
With a few hours to kill before our ferry from Patras we decided to check out the Kykao microbrewery on the edge of town. We’d consumed vast quantities of their […]
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Kalogria
We’ve made our way over to the west coast, on the way to our Patras ferry, and one of the consolations is our first sunset in almost two months (we’ve […]
Watermill and a taste of Kyparadiso!
After a peaceful night on the beach we opened the door to find ourselves in our own tiny slice of paradise Carlsberg don’t make van stop-overs, but… However, it was […]
Goodbye Leonidio, Hello Kyparissi – Kastraki
We arrived in Leonidio expecting to stay a couple of weeks and fretting slightly whether we’d have enough to do as we eked-out our visit to coincide with the thirty […]
Leonidio – Dornrochen
We’d walked past this crag on our way up to King of Thrones on our last trip (moving as quickly as the oppressive heart would allow to reach the sanctuary […]
Orama – a crag for an 80m Skinny
We’d had a brief foray to Orama (the furthest left sector of Kokkinovrachos, beyond Douvari and RockSpot) at the start of the trip, and I pretty much dismissed it as […]
More Tufa at Theos
The highlight of our rest day (beyond the now obligatory cryptic crossword!) was dinner in the kebab shop in town – salad, wine and more chicken souvlaki than you can […]
Frydi – another shady spot
Another day of unbroken blue skies and temperatures forecast to reach the low 20s resulted in a relaxed start – tired from the last few days. Coffee on the beach […]
Sabaton in the shade
It’s scorchio here, so shady Sabaton is the ideal venue. It’s also Sunday, so the place is completely rammed as local climbers, many with young children sensibly donning colourful helmets, […]
A trip to (sector) Hospital and Red Rocks
Hazy clouds promised decent conditions on the sun-trap of Kokkinovrachos so we made our way up to the Hospital / Red Rocks sectors. Helen had visited with a crag-full of […]
Kyparissi – Kapsala
With a tremendous act of self control, I had a proper rest day yesterday, in glorious weather; just chilling at the campsite That’s pretty much a first for me – […]
Leonidio – Hot Rock (the clue’s in the name)
With the forecast set at 20C for the foreseeable future … we figured we might just take advantage of a hazy day to get away with a trip to Hot […]
Leonidio – Pomegranate, and then there were two
With Jim’s departure the team was down to the usual complement of two (though actually we’ve just bumped into Steve who is out with Keith, and Pete is arriving later […]
Leonidio – Yellow Wall and a first 6c for Jim
Yellow Wall is a small sector on the way up to Mad Wall, with less than a dozen routes, but all the ones I’ve done there have been excellent – […]
End of SunRock 2019; and then there were three
Dave and Lins kindly picked up Jake at 6.30 this morning for the trip to the airport, and that’s the official end of SunRock 2019 – 36 Rucksack Club members […]
Leonidio – Cave of Panagia and a (not) multi-pitch adventure
After our last trip to play on the fabulous tufas above the lower tier at Cave of Panagia I’d been pestering Jake to explore further with one of the multi-pitch […]
Leonidio – Elona round 2
After a few days of dry and warmth, Jake was keen to see if the tufas at Elona had dried out. I’d already decided that I should probably give my […]
Leonidio – Hot Rock (at last!)
The sun has well and truly got its hat back on now! SunRock indeed 🙂 Troughton team selfie at the campsite ahead of Tash’s last day Back to Twin Caves […]
Leonidio – Mignonette; multi-pitching on Kokkinovrachos
Warm, sunny intervals and possible showers – a bit of everything today, and teams headed to Panagia, Theos and Mars. After a tough 4 days, Jake was keen for a […]
Leonidio – Mars Landing and a Return to Normal Service on Sun Rock
After three chilly days, normal “Sun Rock service” was finally resumed – just in time to avoid the worst of the mutiny! Big teams at Red Rock and Skiadianiko made […]
