Kato Merenda Guide

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Contributors

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

Yiannis Petromianos Christos Tonia Machaira Nikos Ef. atana Exarchos Antonis Brevetoskylo Χρήστος Μ. Dimitris B Defcon5

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1. Kato Merenda 40 in Crag
2. Index by grade

1. Kato Merenda 40 routes in Crag

Summary:

Seasonality

All Sport climbing

Lat / Long: 37.857103, 24.002193

summary

Vertical climbing on small crimps. Solid Rock.

description

One of the winter crags of Athens. It is faced to the sun all day long, not recommended for summer use since the temperatures get a bit high. The rock is made of great quality limestone and the routes have mostly crimpy holds. All of the routes are on the hard side of their grades and most of the low grade ones have a really hard for their grade start till the first two bolts.

approach

By Private Vehicle: Either follow Attiki Odos all the way to Markopoulo (where the motorway ends), or reach the small town by following Lavriou avenue. If coming from the south suburbs of Athens, a third alternative is to take Varis-Koropiou avenue, following the signs towards Markopoulo.

After Markopoulo town, stay on the road towards Lavrio and turn left on the first traffic light after the Municipal Indoors Stadium of Markopoulo (Δημοτικό Στάδιο Μαρκόπουλου) towards the Olympic Equestrian Centre. After approximately 2km, turn right towards Byzantine Church of Panagia Merenta (ΜΕΡΕΝΤΑ).

Continue straight and uphill for 4,8km to the point where the ascent stops and turn left on Likovrisis Street (ΛΥΚΟΒΡΥΣΗΣ). Driving on, for another 1,6km will bring you near the rocks, next to a small open field ascending towards them. Park your vehicle here and follow the evident footpath towards the crag.

Total walking distance: 150m, walking time: 2min, total positive altitude: 30m.

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

The crag of Markopoulo was discovered back in 2002 by Dionisis Stratigos. The first routes were progressively established till the end of 2005. Activity continued in the following years by various setters. In 2013 Y. Petromianos with the assistance of S. Sotiriou, E. Tsape, P. Asteriou and G. Poulidis completed a crag maintenance initiative.

	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
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1	★ Amelie FFA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2009 Set: Yiannis Petromianos, 2009	3b	Sport 8m, 5
2	★ Casper FFA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2013 Set: Yiannis Petromianos & Pavlos Asteriou, 2013	4b	Sport 9m, 3
3	★ Milou	4b	Sport 12m, 5
4	★ Lilou Closed rings anchor	4b	Sport 10m, 5
5	★★ Lilou Direct A variation start to "Lilou" starting with a hard move right as your feet leave the ground. Joins "Lilou" immediately after.	6a+	Sport 12m, 5
6	★★ Tsotsi	5b	Sport 10m, 5
7	★★ Toni Montana Closed rings anchor	4b	Sport 10m, 5
8	★ Zorg	5c	Sport 15m, 5
9	★ O De Sou	5c	Sport 15m, 6
10	★★ Dr. Spock	6a	Sport 15m, 7
11	★★ Dr. No	6a+	Sport 15m, 6
12	★★ Cruella De Vil FFA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2011 Set: Yiannis Petromianos & Georgos Aliferis, 2011	6b+	Sport 15m, 7
13	★★ Magneto Set: D. Papageorgiou & A. Areteos	7b+	Sport 15m
14	★★ Motorcycle Boy	6b+	Sport 15m, 8
15	★★ Mad Max FA: D. Papageorgiou	7a	Sport 15m, 8
16	★★ Mad Max (left)	7a+	Sport 20m, 8
17	★★★ Willy Wonka FFA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2012 Set: Yiannis Petromianos & Eirini Tsape, 2012	6c	Sport 20m, 8
18	★★ Frida	6b+	Sport 15m, 7
19	★★ The Goonies Set: D. Papageorgiou & A. Koutrouba	7a+	Sport 20m
20	★★ Toska	6c	Sport 20m, 7
21	★★★ Jack Sparrow Set: D. Papageorgiou	6c+	Sport 20m, 9
22	★★ Tsiou Set: S. Lampadarios	6c	Sport 20m
23	★★ Nontaras	6b+	Sport 20m, 8
24	★★ Norma direct to Tsiou	6b+	Sport 20m
25	★★ Norma	6a+	Sport 15m
26	★★ Alex	6b+	Sport 15m, 5
27	★★ Mary Popins	6c+	Sport 20m
28	★★ Francky Wild	6a	Sport 20m
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	Route	Grade	Style	Selected ascents
29	★ Lolek FFA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2014 Set: Yiannis Petromianos, Sotiris Sotiriou & Eirini Tsape, 2014	6a	Sport 15m, 6
30	★ Bolek Warning Rock: rock falling FA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2014 Set: Yiannis Petromianos, Eirini Tsape & Sotiris Sotiriou, 2014	5c	Sport 15m, 5
31	★ Shismi Set: A. Galatopoulos	4a	Sport 15m, 4
32	★ O-Ren-Isii Set: D. Stratigos	6a+	Sport 15m
33	★ Zarastro close ring anchors Set: D. Stratigos	6a	Sport 15m, 4
34	★★ Fidelio close ring anchors Set: D. Stratigos	6a+	Sport 15m, 5
35	★★ Bruto FFA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2014 Set: Yiannis Petromianos, Sotiris Sotiriou & Eirini Tsape, 2014	6a+/b	Sport 15m, 5
36	★ Django Set: G. Aligiannis	7a+	Sport 8m
37	★★ Freddy Krueger FFA: Yiannis Petromianos, 2013 Set: Yiannis Petromianos & Sotiris Sotiriou, 2013	6c+	Sport 10m
38	★ Matilda Closed rings for anchors. One should know how to clean it. Set: D. Stratigos	5a	Sport 10m, 4
39	★ Leon close ring anchors Set: D. Stratigos	5a	Sport 10m, 5
40	★ Potson Potson Closed rings for anchors. One should know how to clean it. Set: D. Stratigos	5b	Sport 15m, 6

2. Index by grade

Grade	Stars	Name	Style
3b	★	Amelie	Sport 8m, 5
4a	★	Shismi	Sport 15m, 4
4b	★	Casper	Sport 9m, 3
	★	Lilou	Sport 10m, 5
	★	Milou	Sport 12m, 5
	★★	Toni Montana	Sport 10m, 5
5a	★	Leon	Sport 10m, 5
	★	Matilda	Sport 10m, 4
5b	★	Potson Potson	Sport 15m, 6
	★★	Tsotsi	Sport 10m, 5
5c	★	Bolek	Sport 15m, 5
	★	O De Sou	Sport 15m, 6
	★	Zorg	Sport 15m, 5
6a	★★	Dr. Spock	Sport 15m, 7
	★★	Francky Wild	Sport 20m
	★	Lolek	Sport 15m, 6
	★	Zarastro	Sport 15m, 4
6a+	★★	Dr. No	Sport 15m, 6
	★★	Fidelio	Sport 15m, 5
	★★	Lilou Direct	Sport 12m, 5
	★★	Norma	Sport 15m
	★	O-Ren-Isii	Sport 15m
6a+/b	★★	Bruto	Sport 15m, 5
6b+	★★	Alex	Sport 15m, 5
	★★	Cruella De Vil	Sport 15m, 7
	★★	Frida	Sport 15m, 7
	★★	Motorcycle Boy	Sport 15m, 8
	★★	Nontaras	Sport 20m, 8
	★★	Norma direct to Tsiou	Sport 20m
6c	★★	Toska	Sport 20m, 7
	★★	Tsiou	Sport 20m
	★★★	Willy Wonka	Sport 20m, 8
6c+	★★	Freddy Krueger	Sport 10m
	★★★	Jack Sparrow	Sport 20m, 9
	★★	Mary Popins	Sport 20m
7a	★★	Mad Max	Sport 15m, 8
7a+	★	Django	Sport 8m
	★★	Mad Max (left)	Sport 20m, 8
	★★	The Goonies	Sport 20m
7b+	★★	Magneto	Sport 15m