Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
|
|
|
Apr 24, 2009 - 01:20pm PT
|
Yeah, great TR and a fun place to visit!
Kevin, how do I get a signed copy of your book? Got it on my "to do" list...
Cheers,
-Brian in SLC
|
|
GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
|
|
|
Apr 24, 2009 - 04:16pm PT
|
Great TR!
Hey - I've got a question for you. My fiancee and I are planning to head to Kalymnos for our honeymoon. Main question we have at this point is what guidebook to get? Also, any tips on where to stay?
Thanks!
GO
|
|
Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
|
|
|
Apr 24, 2009 - 10:57pm PT
|
God what crazy climbing.....thanks tons for the TR. Really fun, really good!
|
|
Dirka
Trad climber
SF
|
|
|
Apr 25, 2009 - 02:52pm PT
|
Kick-ass TR!
|
|
tenesmus
Trad climber
slc
|
|
|
Apr 25, 2009 - 03:26pm PT
|
very cool, thanks for posting.
|
|
Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
|
|
|
Apr 25, 2009 - 06:08pm PT
|
Great trip report! Thanks for all the work you put into it so we could "go along for the ride".
|
|
nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
|
|
|
Apr 26, 2009 - 11:59am PT
|
pcousar, most Excellent tr...loved the pictures. Thanks!
Anastasia, what does that sign say?
edit: Thanks..Miss A.
|
|
pcousar
Sport climber
White Salmon, WA
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 27, 2009 - 01:20pm PT
|
glad to read folks like the TR!
Here are few more pics, in the category of what you do on vacation, but probably not at home.
Eat Large Tentacles!
Smoke butts! (On the theory if you can't beat them, join em...)
Flash photograhpy....
a few pics from Douglas.
Watching the show at the Ghost Kitchen. Telendos in the background.
One more kitty...
And another can you find the climber shot on the Panorama wall, just right of the grande grotta. (Hint, he's on an extension.)
Check back for lodging beta....
|
|
Anastasia
climber
Not here
|
|
|
Apr 27, 2009 - 10:18pm PT
|
The sign is a prayer for Saint Nicolas.
|
|
GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
|
|
|
Apr 30, 2009 - 11:48am PT
|
Bump - still hoping for beta on the guidebook.
GO
|
|
pcousar
Sport climber
White Salmon, WA
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 30, 2009 - 01:10pm PT
|
This is the guide to get, its 2008. Supplements with new routes are available at shops.
http://www.climb-europe.com/RockClimbingShop/Kalymnos-Sports-Climbing-Guidebook.html
As for where to stay folks, I recommend Massouri or Armeos. Anywhere else and you will be doing much scootering about.
We stayed at triantafillos studios in Armeos, which is 100' south of the trailhead to the grande grotta.
http://www.triantafillos.gr/
Great location, small kitchenette, so so beds, clean sheets and towels.
here is another place in Armeos that looked a bit pricier.
http://www.kalymnosholidays.com/philoxenia/page1.html
When staying in Armeos, getting breakfast before 9 am can be a problem, so bring a french press and beans. Masouri has one place that opens at 6am, another at 9 am.
this place looked nice, has wifi, and is on the edge of Masouri/Armeos.
http://users.otenet.gr/~galjo23/
this place is just across the street from the above one.
http://www.kalymnos-isl.gr/en/accommodation/Studios/Galini-Studios/visit
Also in this vicinity is Lambrinos, right at the trailhead to Poets.
http://www.oreivatein.com/oreivatein/climb/kalymnos/lambrinos.htm
And of course Sakis, very popular with climbers.
http://www.geocities.com/sakis_sisois/
Make sure to get a room with AC/Heat, kitchentte with dishes, and a window in the bathroom, and a balcony looking over the ocean, and hopefully *screens* on the windows.
Have not been inside any of these though....
More here
http://www.kalymnos-isl.gr/en/accommodation/Studios
have fun out there!
Another pic of the Grande Grotta
|
|
Studly
Trad climber
WA
|
|
|
May 26, 2013 - 02:19pm PT
|
Bump for the radness and fun.
|
|
mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
|
|
|
May 26, 2013 - 02:30pm PT
|
That Super Carp Diem... or whatever it is called... is AWESOME. What a mad pump onsighting that thing was!!!
We got the printout guide from the shop and did just fine. Most of the names and/or grades are painted at the base. I guess if you want pretty pictures and stuff you buy a top quality guide?
|
|
RyanD
climber
Squamish
|
|
|
May 26, 2013 - 02:31pm PT
|
Wow !!
Me me me I want
Killer tr
Killer photos
Must go
|
|
Anastasia
climber
Home
|
|
|
May 26, 2013 - 02:38pm PT
|
Thanks guys... I'm glad you all like the beauty of Greece. I hope more of you go, enjoy and in such a way preserve it. It appears what foreigners appreciate it on the Greek Islands, that is what gets cared for, etc.
:)AFS
|
|
mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
|
|
|
May 26, 2013 - 02:58pm PT
|
I loved that family owned restaurant just before the grand Gratta. I still couldn't pronounce it by the time we left, but they have tons of cool old memorabilia. On Sat they kill a goat (hopefully the one that got into your pack the previous day), serve it in big chunks chopped fresh off the carcass (bones and all), and make fresh spanakopita.
Noufarous was good too.
|
|
RP3
Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
|
|
|
May 26, 2013 - 04:13pm PT
|
FANTASTIC stuff! I would love to go there some day....
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!