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Leonidio Life
There’s such a chilled vibe around here, that there’s never the feeling that we should rush out to climb. We get woken by the sunlight pouring through the balcony doors and start our day with a hot drink, then some al fresco breakfasting. It was so glorious today, that we went straight to the beach… Read more
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Climbing at Theós, Leonidio
Full body work out today. Loads of brilliant routes. Arms pumped and fingers sore from super sharp sunny rock. Brilliant. Celebrated with a drink at ‘Margarits’ quirky bar at the port after dark. Theós Right: – Boltman (+extension), 5c – Madball, 6a – Spanakopita (+extension), 6b – Sylver Machine, 6a+ – Ekmek, 6b – Striplease,… Read more
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Elona Monastery
We took the day to have a look around our local area today. It was a showery forecast, with heavy rain arriving later, so not ideal for rock climbing (although there is plenty of dry rock in the big caves, if you’re into the steep stuff). I was quite glad of the enforced rest day,… Read more
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‘Mad Wall’ Leonidio
A blissful day of holiday climbing today. No rush, no worries, just swimming and climbing. And another beautiful blue sky start. There was no rush to get to the crags, so our first port of call after leaving our humble abode (above!) was the beach for a swim. We had the place to ourselves, so… Read more
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Mignonette, (5c), 175m Leonidio, Greece
Boxing Day 2017 was a spent climbing one of the biggest cliffs above Leonidio. The weather remained stable, so we decided to go for a bit route while we could. The views of distant snow capped mountains as we walked to the base of the cliff were amazing and crystal clear. We’d made a bit… Read more
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A Greek Christmas
Our own tradition of being somewhere unusual and/or exciting for Christmas Day continued again this year. It was great arriving in the dark on Christmas Eve, as it meant that we had no idea what lay outside… Having found the apartment, we got the fire lit straight away as it was cold outside and in!… Read more
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