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Goodbye Leonidio, Hello Kyparissi – Kastraki

March 16, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Campervan Stopover, Greece, Leonidio, Peloponnese

Leonidio – Dornrochen

March 15, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Uncategorized

Orama – a crag for an 80m Skinny

March 14, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio

More Tufa at Theos

March 13, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Frydi – another shady spot

March 11, 2019by Dominic 1 Comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Sabaton in the shade

March 10, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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, […]

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Greece, Leonidio

A trip to (sector) Hospital and Red Rocks

March 9, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Leonidio – Hot Rock (the clue’s in the name)

March 6, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Leonidio – Pomegranate, and then there were two

March 5, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio

Leonidio – Yellow Wall and a first 6c for Jim

March 4, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 – […]

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Greece, Leonidio

End of SunRock 2019; and then there were three

March 3, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019, Uncategorized

Leonidio – Cave of Panagia and a (not) multi-pitch adventure

March 2, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019

Leonidio – Elona round 2

March 1, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019

Leonidio – Hot Rock (at last!)

February 28, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019, Uncategorized

Leonidio – Mignonette; multi-pitching on Kokkinovrachos

February 27, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

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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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019, Uncategorized

Leonidio – Mars Landing and a Return to Normal Service on Sun Rock

February 26, 2019by Dominic 2 Comments

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 […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019

Leonidio – Twin Caves, and a day of belay bunnying

February 26, 2019by Dominic 1 Comment

Another chilly day, 8C max, but at least it was dry. Reports from Bill and Barbara, back from a foray over the hill, indicated the snowploughs had been out! News […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019

Leonidio – More Theos Cave

February 24, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

With Saturday’s deluge behind us, it was still pretty chilly and some early drizzle had us wandering up to the crag around noon. Surprisingly, the whole of the Theos / […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019

Leonidio – Elona and very un-Sunny Rock

February 23, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

The forecasts had been promising a grim start to the final week of SunRock 2019, with various doom-laden projections including inches of rain and even snow. In fairness, the “official” […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019

Leonidio – Twin Caves

February 22, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

Parking at the 9th hairpin out of town you’re at over 400m (the crag’s at 470m) which is why we were in the snow when Jim and I made our […]

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Greece, Leonidio, Rucksack Club, SunRock 2019

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