Karavi Guide

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Contributors

Thanks to the following people who have contributed to this crag guide:

Yiannis Petromianos Christos Tonia Machaira Χρήστος Μ. Markos Jarrah Sou Ka Dimitris B Andrikopoulos Anastasis Anestis Zertidis

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1. Karavi 39 in Crag
2. Index by grade

1. Karavi 39 routes in Crag

Summary:

Seasonality

All Sport climbing

Lat / Long: 37.950825, 23.791917

description

Karavi is located on the west side of Imittos mountain above Vyronas borough, overlooking Athens. It used to serve as rock quarry back in ancient times, something that is obvious from the signs of the carving mining technique. Although it is a small in height crag, up to 15 meters high, it offers very beautiful and technically demanding climbing in solid limestone. The name Karavi was given by the climbers due to a characteristic edge (route 20) that beetles over the rest of the rock and resembles a ship (Karavi means ship in Greek). Constitutes one of the oldest rock climbing single pitch crags in Athens and therefore the rating of the routes is, for the most part, strict. During crag’s maintenance, that took place in 2012, the "exposed climbing" character of the crag was preserved, although several enhancements were implemented to the equipment in order to reduce the risk of serious injury in case of falling. The best season to climb in Karavi is during spring and autumn. During summer, the routes are covered in shade only in the early morning hours, while in winter, the crag is quite cold and wet.

approach

By car, use the destination «Monastery of St. George Koutalas» in Google Maps. A road barrier, located in front of the monastery, indicates the highest point you can reach by car. Park your car there and then walk approximately 15 to 20 minutes to approach the crag (use the destination "Karavi Climbing Crag” in Google maps).

ethic

https://rockandice.com/how-to-climb/best-rock-climbing-ethics-and-practices/

http://www.eooa.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Directive-for-the-establishment-and-maintenance-of-climbing-routes-crags.pdf

history

In 1988, George Drazinos and George Georgakopoulos, climb routes 1, 2, 5, 7, 25, 26 and 27. In the following years, 1989-1991, Costas Tsouklidis, Giorgos Makris, Giorgos Voutyropoulos, Dimitris Bakalis & Phaethonas Stathis climb routes 3, 4, 6, 14 , 20 and 24. In 1991, Vassilis Mitsios climbs routes 28 and 29. In 1992 Bakalis and Titopoulos climb routes 16, 17, 18 and 22. In 1993, Titopoulos and Giannis Zacharakis climb routes 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 23. In 1994, Voutyropoulos climbs route 19. By that time, routes were climbed either by using trad climbing equipment or top-rope (there is no further information). In 1997, Dionisis Stravogenis and Stefanos Moutzouvis equip several of the existing routes with bolts. The same year, Stravogenis and Moutzouvis set and climb routes 2a, 5a, 6a, 16a and 19a. In 2003 Titopoulos and Bakalis correct the bolting on routes 8, 9, 10, 12 and 20 and equip with bolts routes 16, 17, 22 and 23. In 2005, Christos Tsoutsias climbs route 21 using preset trad climbing equipment and rates it as VIII + (7b). In 2006 Dimitris Mavropoulos and Dimitris Aivazidis equip the lower-offs of most routes with 2 bolts connected with a chain and one non-removable lowering carabiner. In 2010, Yiannis Petromianos sets and climb routes 13a and 31 and set route 30. In 2011, Nikos Alexiou set route 17a. In 2012 the crag is getting maintained within the framework of the Hellenic’s Federation of Mountainiring and Climbing plan for the maintenance of the climbing crags of Greece by Petromianos (maintenance manager), Sotiris Sotiriou, Manolis Foundoulakis, Eirini Tsape, Pavlos Asteriou, Anna Tziomaki and Dionisis Mindrinos. With the consent of the climbers who have first climbed the routes, all the unsafe bolts are removed and all the routes are re-equipped. In the same year, Petromianos, Asteriou and Manthos Prelorentzos set and climb route 27a.

	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
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1	★★ 1	6b	Sport 7m, 2
2	★★ 2	5c+	Sport 15m, 4
3	★★ 2a Quality. Up the zig-zagging cracks to the highest anchor on the triangle block.	6a+	Sport 12m, 3
4	★★★ 3	6c+	Sport 15m, 5
5	★★★ 4	6b+	Sport 15m, 5
6	★★ 5	5c	Sport 15m, 5
7	★★ 5a	6a+	Sport 15m, 6
8	★★ 6	6b+	Sport 12m, 5
9	★★ 6a	6c+	Sport 12m, 5
10	★★ 7	5b	Sport 15m, 4
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	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
11	★★★ 8	6b+	Sport 15m, 4
12	★★ 9	6b+	Sport 15m, 3
13	★★ 10	5c	Sport 15m, 5
14	★ 11	6a+	Sport 15m, 4
15	★★ 12	6a+	Sport 15m, 5
16	★ 13 Placing the first bolt can be intimidating, at least for new climbers like me, as it is located quite high...	5b	Sport 15m, 4
17	★ 13a Placing the first bolt can be intimidating, at least for new climbers like me, as it is located quite high... FA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2010 Set: Yiannis Petromianos, 2010	5b	Sport 15m, 4
18	★★ 14 Placing the first bolt can be intimidating, at least for new climbers like me, as it is located quite high...	5c	Sport 15m, 4
19	★★ 15	6a	Sport 15m, 4
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	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
20	★★ 16	6a	Sport 15m, 3
21	★ 16a	6c	Sport 15m, 3
22	★★ 17	6b	Sport 15m, 4
23	17a FA:		SportProject
24	★★★ 18	6c	Sport 15m, 5
25	★★ 19	7a	Sport 15m, 5
26	★★ 19a	6c	Sport 18m, 7
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	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
27	★★ 20	6b+	Sport 15m, 4
28	21	7b	Sport 15m, 4
29	★★ 22	6b	Sport 15m, 3
30	★★ 23	6c	Sport 12m, 3
31	★ 24	6b	Sport 12m, 3
32	★★ 25	5a	Sport 10m, 3
33	★★ 26	4b	Sport 10m, 4
34	★★ 27 By far easier than 27a right next to it.	4a	Sport 10m, 4
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	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
35	★★ 27a FA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2012 Set: Yiannis Petromianos, 2012	5a	Sport 10m
36	★★ 28	6a+	Sport 15m, 4
37	★★ 29	4c	Sport 15m, 5
38	30 FA: Set: Yiannis Petromianos, 2010		SportProject 15m
39	★★ 31 Bouldery, scary but beautiful traverse to the left. FA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2010 Set: Yiannis Petromianos, 2010	6b+	Sport 15m, 5

2. Index by grade

Grade	Stars	Name	Style
4a	★★	27	Sport 10m, 4
4b	★★	26	Sport 10m, 4
4c	★★	29	Sport 15m, 5
5a	★★	25	Sport 10m, 3
	★★	27a	Sport 10m
5b	★	13	Sport 15m, 4
	★	13a	Sport 15m, 4
	★★	7	Sport 15m, 4
5c	★★	10	Sport 15m, 5
	★★	14	Sport 15m, 4
	★★	5	Sport 15m, 5
5c+	★★	2	Sport 15m, 4
6a	★★	15	Sport 15m, 4
	★★	16	Sport 15m, 3
6a+	★	11	Sport 15m, 4
	★★	12	Sport 15m, 5
	★★	28	Sport 15m, 4
	★★	2a	Sport 12m, 3
	★★	5a	Sport 15m, 6
6b	★★	1	Sport 7m, 2
	★★	17	Sport 15m, 4
	★★	22	Sport 15m, 3
	★	24	Sport 12m, 3
6b+	★★	20	Sport 15m, 4
	★★	31	Sport 15m, 5
	★★★	4	Sport 15m, 5
	★★	6	Sport 12m, 5
	★★★	8	Sport 15m, 4
	★★	9	Sport 15m, 3
6c	★	16a	Sport 15m, 3
	★★★	18	Sport 15m, 5
	★★	19a	Sport 18m, 7
	★★	23	Sport 12m, 3
6c+	★★★	3	Sport 15m, 5
	★★	6a	Sport 12m, 5
7a	★★	19	Sport 15m, 5
7b		21	Sport 15m, 4
?		17a	SportProject
		30	SportProject 15m