The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival!

    OFFICIAL PROGRAM WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26th 11am – 10pm OPEN Marathon and BIG Marathon Official Registration THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27th 7am – 3pm PROJECT Competition Warm-up 11am – 10pm OPEN Marathon and BIG Marathon Official Registration 5pm The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival Official Opening FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28th 7am – 5pm PROJECT Competition 8am –…

Climb in Telendos

The sector Inspiration: This winter, I’ve opened 8 new routes close to the multi-pitches Inspiration. It should be from the 5a-b to the 7c+! Have a look with those first pics! More info soon! Simon looking at the new sector. Simon in “Cheburaska” 6c+ 43m Cyrille, in a 5b… Starting a 6b…To the left of…

Climbing in winter in Kalymnos?

A selection of crags to climb during the winter time. Palionisos red-wall: It’s a south facing crag and very well protect from the north wind. It has only 10mn of approach. The rock become dry very quickly though it rained a lot before.    Myriam Caissy, warming up in “Rata…” 6a+    A very comfortable place!   Myriam Caissy…

New multi-pitch in Telendos

“Inspiration” 7a+ max, 6c obl, 150m Next to an amazing arch, 100 metres above the ground the route is steep from the begening to the end! The view is fantastic! The rock is excellent quality and well equipped. L1 6b+ , L2 6c , L3 7a+ a climb in the style of DNA ! L4…

2011 Kalymnos Climbing Festival

Kalymnos Climbing Festival coming soon! 18-22 May 2011 For a 4th edition, Kalymnos invites climbers from all around the world and all level to participate to the Kalymnos Climbing Festival. The program this year: Presentation of Patxi Usobiaga, Nicolas Favresse, Lynn Hill, and the Kalymnos guidebook (new edition, 2010) by Aris Theodoropoulos, the author. The…

Kalymnos new routes

The new routes: Between Afternoon and Grande-Grotta: Simon Montmory try Zenith 8b+: To see the video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm1vK9CvguY This year, I was very lucky to equip Zenith, probably one of my best route ever. This 40m 8b+ is more than incredible from all points of view in this grade. Alex Honold did the FA this winter,…

Telendos: new routes!

Crescendo sector: This sector will be one of the most impressive one of Kalymnos-Telendos!! With the shade untill 2 PM, then from 5PM to the night, it will be a great place to climb from potential 6a’s to 8a’s. It’s perfect to go early with the boat (20mn of walk) or by foot (45mn) and to enjoy…