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:

Stagionalità

Tutti Arrampicata sportiva

Lat / Long: 37.857103, 24.002193

sommario

Vertical climbing on small crimps. Solid Rock.

descrizione

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.

avvicinamento

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.

etica

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

storia

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

2. Index by grade

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