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8a | ★★★ Fun de Chichunne | 40m, 28 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 24th May 2010 | |||
Insane 40m roof, my hat is off to the bolter. What an epic that would have been.
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7c+ | ★★★ Zawinul Syndicate | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Thu 3rd Jun 2010 | |||
7c/c+. Amazing battle. Several cruxy sections between very good rests which may ruin your T-shirt.
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7c | ★★★ Priapos | 40m, 23 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Tue 11th Nov 2008 | |||
More like caving than climbing. You can't really compare it to anything. My hardest OS on paper, and I did it in the sun, very un-me.
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7c | ★★ Neolithic Line | 16m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Mon 10th May 2010 | |||
Super tufa
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7c | ★★★ Aegialis | 30m, 15 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 2nd May 2010 | |||
Super kneebars, super enduro.
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7b+ | ★★★ Mind Boggle | 30m, 16 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Wed 5th Dec 2007 | |||
Lunge, delicate wall, tufa clasping, hold broke 1 move from top, this route had it all!
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7c 7b+ | ★★★ Super Carpe Diem | 40m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Wed 7th Apr 2010 | |||
In Sam's shoes - group watching me from the road. I touched a goat today also. Does it get any better?
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7b 7b+ | ★★★ Joggel & Toggel Ext 1 (Joggel & Toggel Extension 1) | 48m, 24 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sat 10th Apr 2010 | |||
Had to fight like a bugger. Super dooper long, almost 50m.
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7b+ | ★★ The Shield | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sat 5th Jun 2010 | |||
Super punchy vertical wall. A real climb!
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7b+ | ★★★ Fourtouna | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Mon 12th Apr 2010 | |||
Really awesome long and gamblish.
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7b+ | ★★★ Inti Raymi | 35m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sun 9th May 2010 | |||
Went up and down at the top before 'starfishing' through. Solid 7b+ I reckon.
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7b 7b+ | ★★★ KalyNikhla Ext (Kaly-Nikhla extension) | 36m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Sun 2nd May 2010 | |||
Wet rock extension. Hard start, then grade 16, then smack to the balls finale. Ouch.
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7b+ | ★★ Themelina | 18m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Tue 8th Jun 2010 | |||
Wetness. Nearly off.
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7b+ | ★★★ Tufa King Pumped | 25m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sun 2nd Nov 2008 | |||
Aptly named. The guide is in error - don't do the 'extension', it's just 5m of easy slab crap. The bolts need removing.
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7b+ | ★★★ Kalinycta Mer | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Mon 10th May 2010 | |||
Super exhausted just going into this. Managed to gamble and win. Killer day!
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7c 7b+ | ★ Tzatziki Vikiki | 35m | Kalymnos | Average | Thu 6th Nov 2008 | |||
Well this is odd. When I climbed this route (2008) there was no anchor, just a mess of tat and rubbish. I fell, not knowing where the anchor was. Now (2011) an actual anchor has been placed, a metre lower than the pseudo anchor where I fell. So this dog now magically morphs into an onsight. Yay me.
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7b 7b+ | ★★ Fran-Fran | 32m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Sun 16th Nov 2008 | |||
"mate, you chose one heavy-weight sand-bag for your last climb. That deadly move with the desperate clip was the hardest single move i've done yet at K. Harder than any of the moves on the 7C's i tried! Upon closer inspection i think a hold has fallen off it. Yeah i had to rest a few times but somehow got all the moves. It was still pretty burly higher up. Honestly i'm sure that climb deserves at least 7c! Good lead mate!" [This is 7a+ in the guide]
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7b+ | ★★★ Tufantastic | 40m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Wed 7th Apr 2010 | |||
Definitely worth going for the onsight. Trella's big brother.
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7b+ | ★★★ Beta | 35m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sun 2nd Oct 2011 | |||
Quick sneaky ascent amidst the coaching. NOT a warmup.
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7b+ | ★★★ Uschana Ext (Uschana Extension) | 45m, 23 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Tue 18th Oct 2011 | |||
Hardest onsight fight in ages. 45m pitch, epic. 23 clips, I had 18 draws.
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7b+ | ★★★ Spartacus Maximus | 45m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Thu 27th Oct 2011 | |||
Closer to onsight than flash. Clips were in, I saw a french guy up there but I had no beta. 45m mega pitch.
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7b+ | ★★★ St Savvas (St. Savas) | 18m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sat 12th Nov 2011 | |||
Again, nearly all jugs. Felt I climbed this really well. Could be easier than Houfta?
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7b+ | ★★★ The Craic | 36m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Thu 10th Oct 2013 | |||
Nice jetlagged first day ascent. Great line.
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7c 7b+ | ★★★ The Call of the Ktulu | 40m, 18 | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sat 12th Oct 2013 | |||
New route. Looooong tufa line. A little contrived down low as it shares some holds with the next route but overall very good. Kneebars.
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7b+ | ★★ Early Bird - with Sammi | 28m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Sat 17th Oct 2015 | |||
Super big fight. Did this crazy mantle to find ... no holds. Nothing. Was pawing on the rock like Stevie Wonder searching for the remote. Don't know how I managed to stay on. Replaced the anchor as well, which will shortly be going on climbkalymnos.com's new route maintenance database I built for them.
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7b+ | ★★ Harry Hole - with Sammi | 45m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Mon 30th Oct 2023 | |||
Big feature climbing up the mega-corner visible from Telendos! Rad.
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7b+ Easy | ★★★ Triton - with Sammi, Owen Gervasoni | 25m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Wed 15th Nov 2023 | |||
Onsighted something! Shock! Kieran's recommendation - surprised I hadn't done this earlier.
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7b | ★★★ Gladiator | 25m, 10 | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Fri 23rd Nov 2007 | |||
Thought it was 24, upgraded to 25, nice!
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7b | ★★ Dinosaur Junior | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Fri 31st Oct 2008 | |||
In desperate need of a rebolt, then, classic status! One foot deep tufa fins.
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7b | ★★ Alcinoo | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sun 2nd Dec 2007 | |||
Another 25 onsight, nice!
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7b+ 7b | ★★★ Lulu in the Sky | 40m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 29th Mar 2010 | |||
40m mega-pitch, borrowed rope from Simon
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7a+ 7b | ★★★ Daphne (Dafni) | 25m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sun 4th Apr 2010 | |||
Long and techy, cool.
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7a+ 7b | ★★★ Aeolia Ext (Aeolia Extension) | 40m, 17 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Wed 7th Apr 2010 | |||
6c into 7a+
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7b | ★★★ Bitman | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Mon 24th May 2010 | |||
30m route with nice stalactites to start
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7b | ★★ Meltemi | 20m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Thu 6th May 2010 | |||
Fucking nails!!! Dual crux method, think I did both together.
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7b | ★★ Lyrix | 45m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Thu 27th May 2010 | |||
Not as good as expected. Only 20m long.
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7b | ★★ Aurora (Historical) (Aurora) | 52m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sun 16th Nov 2008 | |||
7a+ - mega long, tried the extension at 8a. Classic quote: "You'll have to re-thread to get down!" "Nah dude, I'll make it down on stretch" (pause) "The halfway mark is at the 6th bolt!"
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7b | ★★ Sevasti | 18m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Fri 31st Oct 2008 | |||
It was nice just to be in the shade.
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7b+ 7b | ★★★ Rastapopoulos Ext (Rastapopoulos extended) | 40m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sat 1st Dec 2007 | |||
Just getting through the 6c+ first pitch was a relief. I'll take it as my second 26 onsight.
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7b | ★★ Omiros | 22m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Thu 29th Nov 2007 | |||
Technical + hard. Almost fell clipping anchors.
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7b | ★★★ Zorba le Gros | 25m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Mon 19th Sep 2011 | |||
The most inspiring line here. Sweet, steep tufa. Climbs differently than you expect.
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7a+ 7b | ★★★ Pipe Cleaner | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Wed 21st Sep 2011 | |||
Freakin nails in the sun, so stoked to onsight this mega tufa. I was WAAYYYY outta there!
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7b | ★ The Beast | 25m | Kalymnos | Crap | 2008 | |||
This used to be untickable on theCrag for some reason. It's almost untickable in real life too.
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7b | ★★★ Patroclos Reborn (Patroklos Reborn) | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sun 23rd Oct 2011 | |||
Wandery, which I like. Varied and worth doing.
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7b | ★★ Kulturistika | 18m, 7 | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sat 29th Oct 2011 | |||
Burly and cool.
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7b | Island in the Sun Ext (Island In The Sun extension) | 25m | Kalymnos | Crap | Sat 29th Oct 2011 | |||
Lucky I had slab pads for the mantle.
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7b | ★★★ Lucky Strike | 20m, 10 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sat 29th Oct 2011 | |||
A bit of everything. Bad feet at start, crazy top.
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7b | ★★★ Kalyty | 25m, 10 | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sun 6th Nov 2011 | |||
Looks absolutely amazing, like someone has poured smooth concrete down the wall, but with a handful of individual protruding horizontal stalactites to show the way.
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7b | ★★★ Tornado Lou | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sun 6th Nov 2011 | |||
30m of tufa craziness. Pretty cool!
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7b | ★ Full Wingspan | 32m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Sat 12th Nov 2011 | |||
Well this was a bit disappointing frankly. Tearing a flapper didn't help but the bolting was in part, illogical to the line of climbing, plus it needs more cleaning. Quite a lot of sharp rock still.
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7b | ★★★ Houftasaurus | 25m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sat 12th Nov 2011 | |||
Nearly every hold is a huge jug but the route is mega pumpy. Full on sports action.
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7b | ★★ Where Is My Mind? - with Sammi | 28m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Thu 1st Oct 2015 | |||
A proper feature (big tufa pipe) but very squeezed in; therefore very easy to get off route. Very hard. Sketchy kneebars to the rescue.
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7b Hard | ★★★ Ari Superdog - with Sammi, Owen Gervasoni | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Wed 15th Nov 2023 | |||
Thought this was a great addition to the sector. The crux was NOT where I expected it to be. I believe I resembled a jellyfish thrown at a brick wall.
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7b 7a+ | ★★★ Ivi | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Wed 5th Dec 2007 | |||
Lot of Newcastle knee going down. Raining, last route of trip.
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7a 7a+ | ★★ Rüsselparadies | 60m, 22 | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Mon 24th May 2010 | |||
With extension
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7a 7a+ | ★★★ Aegean Sea | 28m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Tue 25th May 2010 | |||
Getting through the sector.
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7b 7a+ | ★★ Alexis Zorbas | 18m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sun 6th Jun 2010 | |||
Great pockety long moves
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7b 7a+ | ★★★ Nickel | 32m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Fri 7th May 2010 | |||
Super long and great tufa blobbing. Get on it before it's downgraded
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7a+ | ★★ Petranta | 25m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Tue 4th May 2010 | |||
Bicepy, with a couple of good bars.
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7a 7a+ | ★★ Verikoko (Bepikoko) | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Fri 21st May 2010 | |||
Good proj for Sam. Awesome rock
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7a+ | ★★ Polipitis | 25m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Mon 19th Sep 2011 | |||
A sustained section of difficulty reminiscent of Spartacus sector routes.
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7a 7a+ | ★★ Attitude | 20m, 9 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Wed 21st Sep 2011 | |||
Bloody good. Some weird bolt placements but still well worthwhile.
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7a+ | ★★ Aphrodite | 12m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Sat 24th Sep 2011 | |||
Worst house on the best street.
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6c+ 7a+ | ★★★ Rüsselparadies P1 | 35m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Mon 24th May 2010 | |||
with extension
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7b 7a+ | ★★★ Island in the Sun | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sat 29th Oct 2011 | |||
Good, powerful top.
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7b 7a+ | ★★★ Leonidas (Leonides) | 35m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sat 12th Oct 2013 | |||
Acres of non-holds up a slightly off vertical wall. I was really happy to get up this. Harder for me to onsight than the 7c on Panorama for sure.
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7a+ | ★★ Elies - with Sammi | 18m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Sat 17th Oct 2015 | |||
This is steady and sustained tufa and pocket climbing until the last bolt. Which I decided to skip, then blasted to the anchor to discover no clipping hold I bet there is a LOT of foiled onsights on this. Those moves are seriously hard. Interesting to see many holds were artificial.
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7a+ Hard | ★★★ Ermis Connecting Us - with Sammi | 28m, 13 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sun 5th Nov 2023 | |||
Easy to misread. Glad to come away with this one. Get in while the getting's good.
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7b 7a | ★★★ DNA | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sat 24th Nov 2007 | |||
Jugs to the elbows. 7a+.
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7a | ★★ Dionysos | 22m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Wed 5th Nov 2008 | |||
Completes my clean-sweep of this end of the cliff. Annoying anchor position.
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7a | ★★ Ulisse Coperto di Sale | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Wed 5th Nov 2008 | |||
Draw retrieval for some damsels in distress. Bouldery. Gear on, obviously.
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6c 7a | ★★★ Aeolia | 30m, 11 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Wed 7th Apr 2010 | |||
with extension
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6c+ 7a | ★★ KalyPige | 35m, 17 | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Wed 19th May 2010 | |||
Had to put shoes on. Dissapointing. It's called Kaly PIPE! Well, that's what I call it. You have to yell the pipe part. Kaly PIPE!!!!!!!
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7b 7a | ★★ UP | 35m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Mon 24th May 2010 | |||
Short extension. Not 7b. 7a+ tops
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7a+ 7a | ★★ Steps Ahead | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Mon 24th May 2010 | |||
Extension
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6c+ 7a | ★★ Cigarillo | 28m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Thu 3rd Jun 2010 | |||
Sustained big tufas
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7a | ★★ Bigboo | 30m | Kalymnos | Average | Sun 2nd May 2010 | |||
Old school 7a, and chossy. Needs traffic.
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7a | ★★★ Kerveros | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Fri 23rd Nov 2007 | |||
First day fun. Mega amazing.
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7a | ★★ Sens Unique | 40m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Sat 22nd May 2010 | |||
Sam did awesome on this! Insanely long and involved.
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7a | ★★ Dike | 32m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Mon 10th May 2010 | |||
Awesome long wandery
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7a | ★★ Omero | 22m, 10 | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Fri 31st Oct 2008 | |||
Hard and technical. A close OS.
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7a | ★★ Elefantenhimmel | 30m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Sat 10th Apr 2010 | |||
Someone's glued a herd of elephants to the roof!
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7a | ★★ Steinpilz | 30m, 14 | Kalymnos | Average | Fri 23rd Sep 2011 | |||
Was happy to come away with this tough slab. Needed to pull hard and stay in the game.
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7a | ★★★ Chnosi Family | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Fri 23rd Sep 2011 | |||
The tufa flow with tennis ball pinches.
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7a+ 7a | ★★ Kurva | 38m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Sat 24th Sep 2011 | |||
Epic journey. 40m. Hard, with one section which is hard and has a potential ledge fall (very un-Kaly-like). Clipping the anchors could be a heartbreaker for a lot of people, I won't give it away. 70m rope works.
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6c+ 7a | ★★ Caribbean Wedding (Carribbean Wedding) | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Thu 6th Oct 2011 | |||
I put shoes on for this and was glad I did. Full on stemming, Azza would love it!
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6c+ 7a | ★ Commandante Marcos (Commandant Marcos) | 25m | Kalymnos | Average | Sun 9th Oct 2011 | |||
One of my last to do on the sector. Hard start, then easy.
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6c+ 7a | ★★★ Rastapopoulos | 30m | Kalymnos | Sat 1st Dec 2007 | ||||
7a | ★★★ Biloute | 30m, 11 | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Sun 6th Nov 2011 | |||
Perfectly continuous and absorbing with no definite crux. If only this route existed at every crag. The perfect pumper warm-up.
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7a | ★★ Aurora (Part 2) | 49m | Kalymnos | Sun 16th Nov 2008 | ||||
15 years ago when the first super long pitch (now split in 2 and shortened) was 7b. Also tried the 8a extension. Classic quote: "You'll have to re-thread to get down!" "Nah dude, I'll make it down on stretch" (pause) "The halfway mark is at the 6th bolt!"
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6c 6c+ | ★★★ Les Amazones | 30m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Mon 26th Nov 2007 | |||
Awesome duelling tufa snakes. I felt like Steve Irwin.
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6c+ | ★★★ Aphrodisia | 35m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Mega Classic | Thu 6th Nov 2008 | |||
Amazing, long, absorbing...
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6c+ | ★★ Joggel & Toggel | 25m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Tue 11th Nov 2008 | |||
Priapos warmup
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7a 6c+ | ★★ Calipso | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Thu 29th Nov 2007 | |||
Cold hands
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6c+ | ★ Steven Up | 20m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Mon 29th Mar 2010 | |||
Quite wet, linked it with Lothar La
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7a 6c+ | ★★ Lothar Là (Lothar la) | 35m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Mon 29th Mar 2010 | |||
One move knee bar, one move knee bar…
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6c 6c+ | ★★ Uncle Bert | 20m | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Mon 24th May 2010 | |||
Steep start with missing bolt. Hard for the grade.
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6c 6c+ | ★★ Hippolyta's Belt | 40m | Kalymnos | ★★★ Classic | Sat 5th Jun 2010 | |||
2 definite cruxes. Sam loved it - "project for next time"
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6c 6c+ | ★★ Island Highway | 22m | Kalymnos | ★ Good | Mon 12th Apr 2010 | |||
6c 6c+ | ★★ Imia | 25m, 11 | Kalymnos | ★★ Very Good | Thu 6th May 2010 | |||
No gimme, despite appearances
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