Hello! Climb Kalymnos is a daily resource keeping climbers up-to-date on a wide range of Kalymnos-specific topics. Regularly updated features include an interactive route database, information about the island and the Kalymnos guidebook, the latest climbing news and a photo gallery. Our vision is to inform, inspire, and interact with climbers everywhere to make Kalymnos an even better climbing destination.
The North Face Kalymnos climbing festival, Sept 26-30 2012
Published by Admin, May 16th, 2012 in Kalymnos news
The North Face people spent quite a lot of time on Kalymnos over the spring preparing for the September climbing festival (September 26-30, 2012). More info can be found on the North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival page, including the day-by-day festival program, the lineup, a promotional video and so on. Among other things the festival will feature climbing competitions at a brand-new crag, a seaside storytelling night, a beach party with live DJ set, a Greek dinner night. See you there!
Kalymnos 2012, new routes by the Remy brothers
Published by Admin, April 19th, 2012 in Kalymnos news
Sticking to their yearly routine, the Remy brothers have just left Kalymnos after a month spent equipping new routes. Some are at established sectors such as Panorama, Iannis and Iliada, while most of their new routes comprise mini-sectors, namely Ovoland (a subsector of Arginonta Skyline), Emilio (a subsector of Iliada), Gerakios Upper Cave, and Kryptos, an entirely un-Kalymnos like sector with a distinct alpine touch in the high cliffs above Palionisos Bay, where the rock is ‘strange, scary conglomerate’ and climbing is for very experienced climbers only …read more »
The Kos – Kalymnos ferry timetable
Published by Admin, April 4th, 2012 in Kalymnos news
| Updated April 11th | The climbing season in Kalymnos is starting to stir, and climbers keep asking where they can find the Kos-Kalymnos ferry schedule. So we are posting it below, as well as on our Kalymnos info page, which we will update monthly. A note about the April timetable: Easter (April 15th) is the biggest holiday in Greece and duly celebrated on Kalymnos, hence the timetable is modified on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (April 13-15) as listed below. For climbers trying to find the timetable a few months in advance in order to plan their flights …read more »
Meet Scottish climber and coach Robbie Phillips
Published by Admin, April 2nd, 2012 in Kalymnos news
You know those young people you sometimes meet who seem to burst with potential? So that later, when you find out they’re doing really well for themselves, you’re just not surprised? Well, for us Robbie Phillips is one of those people. On his first visit to Kalymnos he was a 16-year old vacationing with his parents. He had only started climbing the year before, but by the end of that vacation he’d sent several Kalymnos classics and made the transition from gym to cliff look as easy as falling off a log. Six years and four visits later …read more »