Ascents in Aegean Islands as various tick types by Ben Jenga

Nice to clean up the dog before I left, still a little pumped at the top but feeling a lot stronger from a couple of weeks climbing.

Yep pretty soft, one hard tufa pinch and it all jugs after that. Good fun.

The first of the 7b trifecta this arvo. Polished moves most of the way to warm a pump in my arms, hardest moves saved for the top. Just as well it was off a decent rest that I could could come back to.

Didn't feel that hard but super fun on jugs the whole way. Loved it.

Gee tuff start pulling hard on some small slope edges. Once your past the second bolt it eases back to a great jug slab with a couple of hard move passing the steep greasy ledges up top.

Warming up, some good big jugs on the steep parts and a suprise at the top.

Going for the extension. I climbed on the right of the bolts where the climbing is a little harder.

Not a bad little warm up. Some good holds and pockets mid way.

Bam!! Third route in a row with out taking my shoes off and it's a real douzy. Hard thin side pull moves with smear feet. Tricker then Dave copperfield.

One of the best slabs I have climbing in kalymnos and that's saying something.

Great climbing up big black flowstone, one of the hardest challenges was keeping out of all the green goo soup on some of the holds. Great gritstone training, you would of loved it paul.

Second shot.. Mainly steep jugs and tufa's but with a very nowra like boulder crux at the 4th bolt, nail this and it's in the bag.

Blobs, tufa's and buckets up a blank steep wall. Wicked fun jugging but I surprised myself by getting pumped. A great link-up line of limestone features.

I really liked this one, the thin crux isn't that bad and the whole route is good fun. This wall feels a lot like nowra climbing.........plus tufa's and blobs.

Sweet limestone bridging to a mega tufa.

Now that's a bit better.. I got a solid leg pump on this long slab, the top is very enjoyable and it keeps you thinking till the very top.

The guide it dead to me, super classic my ass.

Re-warm up lap, a couple of cool pocket problem sections but the ledges could be a problem if this was your limit.

Sick biscuits, second shot today... Took a bit of a whip from the end of the crux first shot, solid the whole way on the send. I can't see how this used to be 8a, unless your short.

Not three stars but good fun if all the other routes are wet or busy. Its like climbing up a massive tree untill you hit the anchour clip hold which is the smallest hold on the entire rig.

Did this three time today to access the upper pitch. Not to bad and very unique rock forms.

A great little compact route, a few different tufa styles and a sloppy finish. Good value.

A little wet at the start but not to hard. Wet tufa moves up top as well. The middle was dry

Sweet tufa fun I really want this one onsight so I was hyped when I got through the crux to a bomber rest, steep grade 21 jugs to the anchours. Lest pumpy then DNA but a harder crux.

Hooray I did it putting the draws the draws on today. Knee bars the whole way to heaven.

Another one that was a bit harder then I thought it would be. Quite sustained, I am not sure which holds I was and wasn't meant to touch? No extension??

A bit tricker then I was expecting for a warm up. Trying to avoid the big black wet tufa was probably the crux.

Mega for such a short route, I felt at home on this technical crimpy test piece. Climbs like a bluies slab. The stars given in the guide for this wall are all over the place.

This climb has about 2m's of worthwhile climbing.

A new kaly must. Sweet moves all the way to the top of the wall no really hard moves but constantly absorbing and engaging climbing. 40m's of super orange block holds

Sweet orange blocky climbing.. This part of the wall is super sweet. Top of the route is somewhat sustained edges, blocks and underclings. You gotta move your feet a fair bit to make some of the hand holds work.

A rare flash on an onsighting holiday. A bit of a weird climb this one with more then its share of chalk. Punchy mid crux.

Mmm This climbing is starting to get real polished, black slippy footers. Rad block orange wall route.

Long and quite demanding in places. Easy start made hard trying to avoid the green wet messy.

Interesting warm up route, great climbing in the upper parts where up climb and bridge up a cool groove.

Another case of the misleading guide. Not really worth the effort.

Great steep smooth jugs till you top the bulge then the holds disappear. It's only short so no real loss.

By now it was getting super windy lor, Mach 10 gales... I loved the start moves, bomber rock, jug to jug fun. I had to chill out at the rest half way up so lara could sort a knot in the rope then steep and a but tricky moves to the top.

6c+ in the guide. Weirdo start which I am sure I made well harder then it needed to be. Cruise middle with a nice runout the sustained steep and smooth jugs to the anchor, climb quickly.

I managed to pull past the hard pocket moves once I sorted my feet. Shares the same no hands rest as Zorba them back left for some steep tufa action.

I agree with lee this was harder then I was expecting it to be but I liked it.. It was quite technical in places and no easy win. High end of the grade.

Wicked pocket and feature climbing to a pop at the crux. A little tricky in places but pretty Stella.

Mega huecos to start them more interesting and absorbing climbing. All the tops of these routes have really interesting rock features and pockets. Limestone over conglomerate rock, makes for some funky jugs.

One of the best 6a+ I have done on the island. A must do if your in the area and looking for a nice long warm up. The little steep jug traverse in the middle is super.

A new route next to Ekavi. Nice climbing but a little sharp down the bottom.

Really nice, a grey slab start that isn't sharp... The tufa was super wet but you only need to use one hold on it and that was dry.

Not a bad little climb before lunch, the crux is a way cool sequence on little pockets and a vertical slot. Shares the same top three bolts with Callisto so not a full onsight. Thanx for the catch kent. A touch soft.

Nice climb with only a couple of hard moves in the middle. There's a patch of brittle grey rock that reminds me a lot of the rock at point, not the good parts....

Good long wandery route that stay pretty Stustained between good jugs, grease cave half way up... A little sharp in places but pleasant compared to some other kaly limestone.

From the third bolt on this route is plenty of fun. Great pockets and moves though a little reachy to the anchour.

The first half isn't that flash to the ledge just easy gery slab moves. From the half ledge is much better blobby mini tufa climbing. Good warm up.

Last climb of the day and last of the atena, Circe, femio trilogy. A nice way to warm down but no cake walk. I can't wait to get back and climb more of the Stella routes a odyssey.

Crimpy and sustained at the grade, back to back with atena starting to feel the end of the day pump.

More enjoyable semi steep climbing, the rock in this sector is really nice and and smooth. There is a great secquence of mini crimps in the middle with good feet.

Why not indeed, didnt look to bad but a fair bit of wet tufa in the middle, no worries just pull past it.

My first mega classic of the trip, super fun on smooth rock which makes it harder but kinder on the skin. Loved it.

I love tufa's... I was looking for all the kneebars but couldn't find any untill I nearly pumped out and found a great bar to help me through the crux. Great climb.

Yes it's long and it does make a good warm up in these parts but its sharp and comiting up top.

I feel sorry for any 6a climbers hoping to climb this... Not easy. That a side I really enjoyed it.