description
The island's most popular, steep tufa climb. A good introduction to the style. In peak season, come early for a quick onsight or join the crowd until the sun hits.
Route history
| 2001 | Route setter: Thomas Michaelides & Aris Theodoropoulos |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Route maintenance:
Rebolted |
Warnings
Location
- Lat/Lon: 37.00349, 26.94399
Grade citation
| 7a | Assigned grade |
| ★★★peta barrett | |
| 6c [6c - 6c] -- | grAId |
| 7a+ | private |
ethic
- PREPARE to leave nothing behind (trashbag, etc).
- Use your own gear for toproping. Use fixed gear only for lowering. (See first section of guidebook for details.)
- Minimize single-use plastic. No recycling on the island (yet).
- Use established paths and close gates behind you.
- Consider a donation to the rescue team (red boxes).
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Quality
Overall quality 83 from 116 ratings.
Difficulty - 7a
Based on 11 ratings.
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Author(s): Aris Theodoropoulos and Katie Roussou
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9788898495207
A comprehensive guidebook describing all the rock climbing, and sport climbing at Kalymnos, covering over 4,200 routes ranging from F3a to F9a.
Author(s): Chris Craggs
Date: 2018
ISBN: 9781873341384
A selective guidebook from Rockfax covering the rock climbing and sport climbing on the Aegean island of Kalymnos, describing over 2,800 routes.
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