May 16th saw John, Joe, Bruce and myself catching our flight over to Kos and then a short ferry journey over to the island of Kalymnos. Unfortunately the plane was delayed which meant we missed our ferry over and had to wait to gone eleven at night to catch the next one getting to bed by 1am.
The next few days were spent getting up early to avoid the heat of the day and climbing on various crags including Odyssey and Arhi both very impressive to look at and climb. Whilist John and myself hit some of three star 6a's and 6b's, Bruce and Joe started off hitting some great 6c's and 7a's climbing some very impressive lines where ever they went.
Joe climbing Neolithic Line 7c at Jurassic Park SectorAfter a few days John and Myself decided to up the game a bit and went to try Harakiri at sector Spartacus. Unfortunately thought we went off route at mid height and onto to the next route graded at 6c+. After bailing off this we went up to Jurassic Park sector to meet up with the lads and climbed Themelis a beautiful line of 30m with crux at the small roof half height. The next few days saw flashes of 6a's, 6a+'s and the odd 6b, as well as on sights and redpoints of a few sevens from Bruce and Joe.
Later on in the week Joe and Bruce tried to attempt there first 8a with Helios at sector North Cape. after clipping the draws both made great attempts at it but just fell short of the chains. a great effort and fantastic to watch.
Joe coming down after just falling short of the chains on his 8a attemptJohn and myself finished the week off by heading to Kasteli for the morning and climbing some off the three star classic from 5c+-6a+. I managed around thirty routes in my week out there with higher leads coming in the last few days as it took me quite a while to get used to the lenght of the routes out there. another trip is planned for September / October 2007 and details will be posted here.
Sam climbing Joggel and Toggel 6c+
Sam climbing Joggel and Toggel 6c+
No comments:
Post a Comment