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 […]
Category Archives: Leonidio
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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