KALYMONOS - Climbing Course

Period: May 2018, 12 – 19 / October 2018, 6 -13

Days Difficulty Price* 8 days For everyone 1400 € per person

with 4 people

Kalymnos is a small island of the , once known as Island of the Sponges, and now well known as a must for climbers of all levels. On the island there are routes of all levels from the classic 4th degree to the highest contemporary difficulties. The climbing history of starts in 1996 and it is continuously growing. Every year new sectors are bolted, Today on the island there are 2700 equipped pitches. Living the Kalymnos adventure on a sailing boat is not only a different way to get there, it is the

best way to appreciate the beauty and the nature of this island.

Targets • To improve the individual climbing technique from any starting level • To improve the belaying security of the sport climbing • To learn the basic notions of sailing • To have fun, not only climbing

Practical Information • Meeting point will be the airport of (Kos Island, Greece) from where we will move to the harbor for boarding the boat. • For Eu citizen an Identity Card is sufficient • No sailing or climbing experience is needed • For groups of at least 4 people we can customize the date, but the starting day must be a Saturday • Please note that depending on the wind and sea state the skipper might decide to change some of the anchorages and the direction of the circumnavigation of Kalymnos

info Suggested clothing and equipment mountainsaling.com On top of the clothing of a normal summer holiday at the [email protected] seaside, you should carry a light wind jacket, a light polar 338.1493356 sweat shirt and a light sleeping bag. For climbing joggers and shorts. A soft bag or backpack is better than a trolley or hard bag. Bring your harness and climbing shoes (if you don’t have them let us know).

* The PRICE INCLUDES: organization and the assistance from a UIAGM Mountain Guide during all the trip, boat accommodation and skipper, breakfast, snacks and dinners on the boat. Transfer from the airport to the boat. The PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE: flights, transfers to home airports and dinners on shore (the cost of a dinner starts from 15 euros). DAY 1 Flight to Kos and meeting at the Kos Airport. Transfer to the Marina and accommodation on the boat. Sailing from Kos to Telendos, typical village on a small Island with no roads, just half a mile off Kalymnos. Dinner in a teverna and sleeping on the boat.

DAY 2 Breakfast on board, we check the individual climbing equipment, transfer to the shore, walk to the cliff for the first climbing day. The choice of the cliff will depend on the technical level of the climbers. In the afternoon on the way back to the boat a refreshing swim. Another dinner in the village of Telendos.

DAY 3 After breakfast we sail the short distance to the village of Emborios, the northernmost settlement on the Island of Kalymnos. We will take advantage of this time to learn some basic rules of sailing. In Emborios we sill walk to one of the 8 climbing sectors just above the village. Second climbing day when we can put into practice the suggestions and advice obtained during the first day. In the evening a dive in the crystalline water of the bay and super dinner at Harry’s Paradise, probably the best restaurant on the Island.

DAY 4 Early breakfast and sailing to a new destination hopefully powered by wind. We pass the north cape of Kalymnos and follow the East coast south to Sykati Bay. The pitches are only meters away from the clear water of the bay. One more climbing day, we can improve our technique and in the late afternoon when the last climbers will be gone we can enjoy the beauty of this bay where there are no houses. Dinner this time on board.

DAY 5 We move from Sykati to Palonissos Bay, another magic corner with a pebble beach, green turquoise water and 2 beautiful climbing sectors. It is the 4th day, the right time and place to start the first pitches as first climber. You’ll remember this experience! In the evening you have a choice between the 2 tavernas of the bay.

DAY 6 Early breakfast and one more chance to try the cliffs of Palonissos Bay. Later we sail to the little harbor of Vathy, the end of the only farmed valley of the island, like an oasis in a barren, rocky landscape. Dinner and evening in the small square overlooking the tiny fisherman port.

Mountain Sailing _ www.mountainsailing.com _ [email protected] _ 338 1493356 DAY 7 This is a day of sailing, first a short leg to Pothia, the main town on the Island, then the crossing to Kos. If the prevailing winds are blowing, it is the right occasion to practice all we have learned in the previous days. Evening in the town of Kos will feel very fancy and crowded after a week in Kaymnos between nature and sport. We sleep in the Marina.

DAY 8 Depending on the flight schedule we might have the chance to visit some great historical sites in Kalymnos, the home town of Hippocrates.

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