Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon
I’m really not a runner. Well, maybe just an occasional one, when it’s too wet to climb or my elbows are sore, but somehow I’ve managed to average about one […]
Stoney
The good weather luck finally ran out (we must have used it all up at Gogarth) and my Rucksack Club evening meet at Stoney was beset with showers. After half […]
Cwm Glas Bach
With a one hour holdup on the A55, the Sunday evening drive home through the Prestatyn and Rhyl traffic really did not appeal, especially with the weather set fair for […]
Gogarth
Once again, we got lucky with the weather. The “usual” slot for the Gogarth meet is sometime around 10th June but the tides weren’t great, so I pushed it back […]
Millstone
What a turnaround in the weather – it’s cracking the flags and just in time for the Wednesday evening meet at Millstone (we’d carefully timed our flight home to arrive […]
Gardoms
Back home after 3 weeks climbing on Kalymnos, and you’d think I’d be fighting fit. However, an inflamed achilies (very Greek!) and a cold caught on the Jet2 germ tube […]
The Beach – last day on Kalymnos
It was the last day of the trip so we decided to head to the beach. “What, no climbing? ” I hear you say. Don’t be daft – The Beach […]
Summertime – Magoulia’s Wall
With another scorcher in prospect and having enjoyed the roadside sector at Summertime, we decided to head a bit further up the hill to Magoulia’s Wall. Happily more like 15 […]
Spartan Wall and Summertime
I’d been hoping for a cooler spell to explore the crags left of the Grande Grotta, but with only a few climbing days left the forecast remains stubbornly in the […]
ET
Another shady crag and another venture into the Vathy valley. The imaginatively named ET crag (or strictly speaking Meltochi Pyramid) is strikingly obvious on the hillside above the village of […]
Iannis and Kalydna
Another trip up to the Poets area, this time venturing a little further left. Helen started off by leading the classic Poets Corner Then we both did Saxonia, which was […]
Milianos Cave – another fine offering from Gibson Productions
It’s getting seriously hot, and climbing in the sun is becoming completely untenable. Even on the morning shade crags, the pressure of the imminent arrival of “big yellow face” makes […]
Grande Grotte & Afternoon – and what a Grand Day!
I’d put off a visit to Grande Grotte, hoping to leave it until my hand was sorted – it really is the centrepiece of Kalymnos climbing! With a couple of […]
Back to the Valley
… Not THAT Valley, but the Arginonta Valley. A nice shady spot for Mike and Heidi’s last day, and near the road in case of the possibility of a storm […]
Poets and Iianis
I’d parked sector Poets into the “if we run out of other crags” bucket, as we’d guessed that being one of the first to be developed and nearest to town […]
Rest day research
We’ve been here 10 days and climbed each day – I wouldn’t say we’ve done ten days climbing (a few gentler sessions and half days) but we probably should have […]
Odyssey
“The ultimate point of reference in Kalymnos”, or so says the guide. With a hundred routes, including the island’s hardest, it’s certainly a crag I felt compelled to visit (though […]
Symplgades
Another winner for a toasty day, this crag faces east AND west – with climbing on both sides of a ravine. Pretty handy, huh? The route of the day for […]
Secret Garden
This really is a tremendous spot for a hot day. You approach by hiking up to a ridge line above the road, from where you get great views of the […]
Prophet Andreas
We woke to the dreadful news from Manchester – sometimes you wonder if the “connected everywhere always” paradigm is really the way forward. It seems very strange to be in […]
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