Kalymnos - Grande Grotta

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Sectors
Difficulty
4a - 8a+
Height
40m
Routes number
58
Rock type
Grey pocketed limestone with tufas on the vertical and overhanging sections.
Orientation
S, E
Rope
70m rope


One of the most important crags on Kalymnos lies just above the sleepy village Armeos. In actual fact this immense rock face, called Grande Grotta, is divided up into three sectors, each with different characteristics, but each with one unique quality: the exceptional rock and routes. the routes start way on the left at the sector "Afternoon", which gets its name from the fact that it stays in the shade until after midday. The sector is marked by its enormous corner, and offers about 20 easy routes on rough rock. The central wall, the "Grande Grotta", is perhaps the most impressive overhang on Kalymnos and definitely an obligatory stop-off point for those climbing hard routes. To the right of the "Grande Grotta" lies the sector "Panorama", with its slightly overhanging, technical and pumpy routes... almost 30 meters of stamina supreme.
Access
Reach Masouri and park at Hotel Filoxenia. Follow the obvious path through the olive grove and via red markers to the crag. To reach Afternoon continue on left, to reach Panorama continue right. 20 minutes. Period
Autumn, winter, spring. The sectors Afternoon and Spartacus, to the left of Grande Grotta, stay in the shade until 16.00 and 18.00 in the summer. Climb
Technical and pumpy climbing on grey and yellow limestone. Notes
Panorama Grande Grotta - Matthieu Selme


Kalymnos rock climbing in Greece

GETTING TO KALYMNOS
By boat

Kalymnos can be reached by boat from the island Kos. Once you have landed in Kos, take a taxi to the port at Mastichari and catch the next boat to Kalymnos from there. Mastichari is 10 minutes by taxi from Kos airport and the taxi ride costs €12 - €15 euro in total. Regular ferries and smaller speed boats make the Mastichari – Pothia (Kalymnos) route regularly. The ferry ride takes approximately 45 minutes and costs €4; the speedboat takes approximately 25 minutes and costs €6.00. When you arrive at Pothia (the main port in Kalymnos) you will find a number of taxis waiting. A taxi ride to Massouri costs between €10-15, depending on the number of passengers and luggage. Alternatively, you can rent a scooter or car, or inquire about the public bus schedule departing in front of the City Hall. There is a tourist information kiosk at the port exit. To check the Kos – Kalymnos ferry timetable, go to www.danae.gr and enter ‘Mastichari’ and ‘Kalymnos’ in the respective fields.  You can also call the Port Authority of Kos for an automated timetable message in English on the following number: +30 22420 26594. In the unlikely event that there is no taxi waiting at Pothia, call the taxi station on the following number: +30 22430 50300.

By plane
In high season Olympic Air flies Athens - Kalymnos regularly and a return ticket costs approximately euro 200.

Further info
Full info on getting to Kalymnos here: www.climbkalymnos.com/?page_id=2628
Bibliography
Kalymnos Rock Climbing Guide – 2016 Edition. Aris Theodoropoulos. 3000 rock climbs, English
 




Sectors

Afternoon
Some stalactites could break. Nobody must stay under the routes while climbing!
Routes
Name Height Beauty Difficulty
1 Finger Piercing 4a
2 Energy 4b
3 To deftero moro mou 5+
4 Origano 5a
5 Nonno ringo 5c
6 L'amico Ralph 5c
7 L'uomo che non credeva 6a+
8 Beta 7c
9 Kalo Taxidi 6a+
10 Blu 6a
11 Dinosaur Junior 7b
12 Claire 6b+
13 Bye Bye Doc 6c
14 Janas Kitchen 6b
15 Asklipios 6c
16 Panakia 6b+
17 Swiss Baby 6a+
18 My long holiday 6c
Grande Grotta
Some stalactites could break. Nobody must stay under the routes while climbing!
Routes
Name Height Beauty Difficulty
1 Massalia 100m 6a+, 5c, 5c, 5c
2 Aegialis 30m 7c
3 Zawi Nul Syndicate 30m 7c+
4 Aphrodite 10m 7a
5 DNA, Chkouloukoulouch 50m 7b, 8a/a+
6 Ivi 20m 7b+
7 Priapos 55m 7c+, 7c+/8a
8 Fun de chichunne 40m 8a/8a+
9 Elefanten-himmel 30m 5a, 7a
10 Trella 40m 6c+
11 Monahiki Elia 20m 6a+
12 Taz 20m 6c
13 Kaly -pige 35m 6c+
14 Rastapopoulos 40m 6c+, 7b+
15 Aegean Sea 28m 7a+
16 Cigarillo, Papacostopoulos 70m 7a, 8a/a+
17 Panselinos (full moon) 20m 6b
18 Carpe diem 40m 6b, 7b+
19 Joggel & Toggel 70m 6c+, 7b+, 8a+
20 Mind Boggle 30m 7b
Panorama
Some stalactites could break. Nobody must stay under the routes while climbing!
Routes
Name Height Beauty Difficulty
1 Mind Boggle 7b
2 Eolia 7b
3 Gwundernasa 6b+
4 Russelparadie 7a, 6c+
5 Lothar Scie 6b+
6 Steven Up 6c
7 Poupetskia 7a
8 Uncle Bert 6c
9 Uncle Ernie 6b
10 Neptun kl 6c, 7b+
11 Steinpilz 7a
12 Chnosi Family 6c+
13 Tufeli 7a+
14 Mecki Messer 7a
15 Boomerang 6c+
16 Michis Hohlenfieber 4c
17 Reptil 7a
18 Bye Bye Felix 7a
19 Eureka 6a
20 La vie selon GEGE 6b





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