Grande Grotta, Skalia Cave, Emborios

We did another early morning climbing assault this AM. We warmed up on Swiss Baby (6a?), then onto Ivi (7a+? 7b?) which I did first try.


It is such a fabulous route. Steep as hell and with lots of good rests. I find climbs of that steepness to still be quite challenging. I need a little more practice on the so called "3D Kalymnian climbing techniques). Next, onto the first part of Rastapopoulous (6c+), and then I got the on sight of Aegean Sea, 7a+. A crew of Italians had descended upon us, and were mistakenly trying to warm up on Cigarello (7a). It did not go well.


Next, descending like mad to avoid repercussions! There were goats in the way though



Christine, James, Robyn and I went to the Skalia cave, which is pretty cool. Next time I want to bring a mega headlamp though. The iPhone light was surprisingly effective, and there was so much dust down there that James' laser pointer looked great.




Next we went to Emborios, which is a pretty town near the end of the road for beers. It looks like it would be an excellent place for dinner with the kids