Ascents in Kalymnos having Beta

In the sun the first pitch felt like a 6c for Kalymnian standards.

Maybe nicer if your fingertips are ok but basically the whole climb is razorblades

Definitely in my top 3 of the best multipitch that i have done, probably the best. Sustain, technical and super fun climb, i would not considered the 3rd pitch as a pitch but the other seventh are amazing climb. In the shade most part of the time( at least until noon i guess).

Nice one. Didn't like the first pitch though as had multiple holds break.

A wonderfull journey, guite adventurous with lota of friends!!!!!

Wow what an epic day out!!! The two crux pitches are absolutely amazing and very different. They definitely give this route it’s stars. Pitch 7 is a wildly exposed overhanging layback corner, pretty freaking gnarly. Pitch 9 is an insanely airy traverse out across tufa and broccoli rock, passing right over the lip of the giant cave, nothing below but a couple of hundred metres of air. So epic and amazing! The exposure is mind blowing. Absolutely loved it ♥️

Find the famous finger-gluer on the way over to serve as the guidebook you forgot. Start by the painting of a chubby wheat sheaf. Punch the sharp rock at least twice before pitch 4. Sing tanglefoot above pitch 6. Squat out so much rope drag stringing 7 and 8 you top out looking like kim. Avoid the bird vomit before the final pitch. Eat 3 cucumber sandwiches. Descend in psychra and your best rave shirt.

Beautiful views, easy climbing and perhaps the most over bolted climb on earth make for a pretty chill climb. Linked pitches 1,2,3 and 4,5,6 and did the harder ones as singles and linked the last two. Walk down was crux.

4hr 45min.

We did this amazing multi-pitch in 8 pitches. Chris linked 3rd, 4th and 5th together, and then the 9th and 10th together. The second pitch (6b+) was delicate, traversing climbing with a tricky crux on some small holds / slopers. The sixth pitch (6a+) felt quite easy for the grade.. the eighth pitch (6a) was harder than the 6a+. The last two 6b pitches were amazing - nice small holds with great exposure to a good top out with an incredible view.

The walk in was one hour then four hours of climbing time, with another one and a half hours of rappelling - rappelling not recommended as lots of loose rocks on some of the belays causing rock fall. Amazing day out.

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Beautiful route, densely bolted. Second pitch by far the most difficult. We climbed it in 6 pitches by combining pitches to gain time. Easy route finding. Last hour we climbed in the sun. Descent was challenging because of the temperature. Count two hours at least. We used the church half way to find some shade and recovery.

When climbing the route in summer consider to stay the previous night on Telendos. An early (sunrise) start gives time to be at the beach around mid day...

With Eric. With an 80m rope we did this in 4 pitches (eric p1-3, and p6-7). Taking the 8am ferry, and getting dropped at the base, we topped out at 11.30. The walk off took longer than the climb. About half the climbing on the route is great, which is not bad for such a lomg route. If your climbing in the 6's, it would be testing. If your climbing in the 7's, its a great actibe rest day, as you get to see the island of Telendos.

Did in 4 pitches. 1,2 dave, 3,4 me, 5,6,7 dave,8,9 me.walk out took about same time as climb. Quite worthwhile. Didn't clip about half the bolts.

Great days climbing up an awesome face. Very worthwhile. We did it in twin pitch legs. I led 1,2 and 5,6 and 9. The only thing wrong with this route is that the bolts are rusty after only 4 years (2014) and need to be replaced.

Great day out for adventure climb and look around Tolendos.

Pretty wild adventure. First 7 pitches were amazing, pretty nice climbing although there was a fair bit of loose rock around pitches 5 and 6 and a lot spikey/stabby plants that were growing on the face and seemed to be positioned where all the good holds were. Pitches 8 and 9 however I would not give three stars. The rock was so sharp it felt like crimping on razor blades for the better part of 80m. Maybe if our skin was fresher it would have been less painful but as it stood we had to climb the last section quite slowly and never have I been so happy to find 'foot jugs'. Views on the other hand were amazing. Approach in was easy but the walk off the top was a little vague. Cairns are there but hard to see and you would not want to be walking off in the night time. Managed to find our way to Irox though and shave an hour off our walk (took about 1.5 hours in total) and catch a boat with some Russians back home from the Wild Country

Great multi-pitch. Not chossy, all great pitches, we strung a couple together, a big day, but not difficult climbing. A few goats on the way up too.

Took the 7am boat, topped out 1145. Climbing wise not the best kalymnos has to offer. The starting traverse of the crux pitch was fun but most of the time is spent crimping on very sharp limestone. The rock on the 4th pitch is also a bit loose which I found out the hard way by taking a whip when a foothold broke loose.

The views and exposure are mind blowing though, definitely making up for the less than amazing climbing.

#repeat

schöner Zustieg, schöne Route, viele Bolts, langer, harter Abstieg.

Definitely don't need "100m rope". We lowered off with a 70m and pulled in to a ledge no problem.

Challenging and sustained climbing after the initial slab.

sturz training

pretty average compared to the other stellar routes

Amazing how much climbing can be done with so few holds.

Amazing how much climbing can be done with so few holds.

Long AF

Hard for the grade

Good fun climbing.

Great climb transitions from slab to face to overhang ... Character of the rock changes a few times ... Very enjoyable. Missed the onsight when a foothold crumbled but my feet could have been better anyway

interesting and sustained through all 40m of it

Long, fun, so many types of climbing in one climb, so many quickdraws (skip a couple).

2nd go after lead attempt

Excellent steep climbing on mostly good holds all the way that feels quite exposed from the middle and up. What dreams are made of.

Quite technical for the grade. Found it harder than the other 6bs. Really good though!

holy crap hard for a warm up. 50 other people at the crag. we were the first to arrive but obviously took awhile to both do 50m. by the time we finished we were lucky to get any other climbs!!!

dog on the extension

TR after bail on lead due to fear of the run out at about the 5th bolt.

pretty cool climbing. jugalicious!

Nice airy traverse at 45m height.