Ascents in Gerakios Upper Cave

About 3m of moves.... Just gets good then it ends!!! Looks like a candidate for a harder extension.

A shortie, but pretty good rock and interesting sequences.

I fell just before the anchor! Cool tour

Super easy slab start, along with super run outs... Followed by amazing layback crack, followed by a moment of sheer terror as all your footholds crumble away to nothing! Finishes up on crimpy crumbly stuff. If you can forget the terrifying bits, the good bits were amazing!!!!

Super super easy then short hard section

Fun start but crappy Chossy finish. Might come good after a few more ascents. Half the rock feels like its coated in olive oil. Pity...

Surprisingly good. Sequency and tiny feet.

Horrible and sharp....all the way up.

This wall appears crap, or maybe we got on worst route. Escaped onto via ferrata.

Another dog to add to my growing collection. Couldn't hold the pinch, fingers too fatigued. Otherwise, not too bad!

Conditions were better but this was harder than I thought it would be. First shot working out the crux beta with a few laps at the crux to get it sorted. Just made it 2nd shot.

Thought this would be an impossiproj but 2nd lap had me clean to the crux, holding the crux hold... got to the next hold and then clean to the top. Ran out of shade otherwise would have jumped on lead. Definite possiproj!!

put it up, then took it down. humidity has basted it in oil!!! such a pity. Last time in good conds got to crux clean. at least this time had a longer play at the crux and maybe found another way to get through it. til next year....

Nice climbing, quite good friction because it's new, but I had to try harder in other 8as...

Conditions were good. Still can't hold the crimp though. 3 shots. Clean to the move below the crimp. Clean from the move after the crimp to anchors... Lose weight, get stronger...

Chossy and not really worth doing.

4 shots. Got everything pretty wired and efficient just can't hold the crux crimp. Did some static hangs on it and just hope I get stronger.

3 full laps with about 10 laps at the crux sequence. Found out the hard way it's easier to clean on tr so after a huge swing at the roof, top roped to clean. Kept climbing til I came off... At the crux as always. Not bad for back to back climbs in humid conds

Good conditions but a sleepless night. Getting stronger on the crimp. (3)

Still can't hold the crux crimp. Sailing to the crux, falling. Clipping the next draw then trying the crux again. Sailing to the anchors. Not sure this is ever gonna go. One bloody hold! At least Scott got it!

Felt heavy today. Did mega laps on the crux. At some point I'll get stronger..right? Haha... oh well (2.5)

3rd RP attempt. Fell at the tail end of the crux on 2nd attempt.

What's an Axa? One more bolt on this wouldn't hurt. Might stop someone axing themselves.

Fell on crux on OS. Like everyone I guess.

Certainly a great fun route (similar to Spartacus) and worth the walk up, but not 8a. Hence its popularity! [2]

Awesome. Technical, sustained, steep slab weaving an interesting path up the wall.

Would probably be 7a/23 back home. Steep funky jugs to a slightly tricky finale solved with good footwork. A worthwhile problem.

2nd shot in the blazing sun (and the days of suffering with sunburn that followed were a constant reminder). Super easy juggy climbing to a hard but radical techo-tufa boulder problem finale. 7b+ in the rockfax guide... yeah, nah.

I led the last 3 pitches.

lead the first, seconded the others dogging #3

Onsight attempt, sooo close! Last hard move...

after two years of back problems, i really doubted my abilities. i really shouldnt have. this was nicer than the warm up. felt easy.

thought i would alternate my climbing with a lap of this and a lap of katranemia.