Trip Report
Kalymnos II
Sunday October 2, 2016 2:19pm
I went back to Kalymnos this september....i was there last year in June. Another wonderful trip. Amazing place with my amazing friends. It is paradise. I am a fortunate person to have such awesome friends and visit such a meg-wonderful place. I went with my life-long pals Marc Walters, Tom Michael, Brian Povolny. It was a dream within a dream. Best sport climbing on earth?...probably. Best friends one could every ask for; definately.


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I will hopefully return to Kalymnos with my buddies on more trips;...i hope so;...the two Kalymnos trips were off the charts fun. I would like to go there with my family some day too;...I will. Climbing in Kalymnos is super fun, but it does have it's dangers. You could easily crash on your scooter. Hangovers from all the booze hurts. Sunburn. Sore muscles from all the unbelieveable climbing. Overeating the awesome food. Missing family members (there are pills to take for that...), The pain of coming back home to work (for some). ....it's not ALL fun and games. If you get a change to visit Kalymnos....treat yourself;..it's better than you can possibly imagine. I could live in Kalymnos.




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Todd Gordon
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Todd Gordon is a trad climber from Joshua Tree, Cal.

Comments
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Big Wall climber
Nutty
  Oct 2, 2016 - 02:39pm PT
Nice shots Todd! Don't feed the goats? Looks great, limestone bump!
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
  Oct 2, 2016 - 02:46pm PT
You had me at "Paradise."
steve s

Trad climber
eldo
  Oct 2, 2016 - 03:01pm PT
Great trip! It is truly some of the best sport climbing in the world. And the locals are awesome too!
phylp

Trad climber
Upland, CA
  Oct 2, 2016 - 03:32pm PT
Wow, Todd. How amazing that you got to go twice in such a short time span. That''s wonderful.
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Oct 3, 2016 - 02:11am PT
Looks other worldly!

Love the goat pics, were they bitters?
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
  Oct 3, 2016 - 08:45am PT
Looks like too much fun!
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
  Oct 3, 2016 - 09:07am PT

Kalymnos is sport-climbing heaven... if you can stand the heat...
patrick compton

Trad climber
van
  Oct 3, 2016 - 10:18am PT
nice report. was there in 2001, when it just getting going as a destintaion. would love to go back. hopefully the years and traffic have made the holds less sharp!
yanqui

climber
Balcarce, Argentina
  Oct 3, 2016 - 03:40pm PT
Old guys without shirts climbing steep sport routes. That's what I'm talking about. January 2017 I got plans to be in Patagonia. Hopefully in January 2018 I can visit Greece and see what's up.
Fat Dad

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
  Oct 3, 2016 - 04:36pm PT
You mean I could have taken my family here instead of the Big Island?! Looks awesome.
Hoots

climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
  Oct 5, 2016 - 09:03pm PT
We just booked tickets for a second trip too!
Are any other Taco Heads going to be there this fall?!
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