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Climbing on Kalymnos
Aris Theodoropoulos www.climbkalymnos.com Mobile: +30 6944 505279 [email protected] [email protected] http://hmga.gr/english/cv/theodoropoulos.htm Climbing school: www.eosacharnon.gr/sholianarrihisis.html
Kalymnos – an international climbing destination The most popular rock
climbing destination on the planet
according to 8a.nu
Kalymnos – The most popular rock climbing destination on the planet!
Kalymnos – The most popular rock climbing destination on the planet!
Kalymnos – The most popular rock climbing destination on the planet!
Kalymnos – The most popular rock climbing destination on the planet
Benefits to the island The influx of climbers: a welcome economic boost Year-round tourism
Benefits to the island Numbers: 10.000 climbers – visitors per year 100.000 nights spent. 5.000.000 euro per year!
A change of fate “When God made the earth, he threw only
rocks in the direction of Kalymnos. It is difficult to believe that what we previously considered a curse could become a blessing."
A change of fate
In early 2010 our website, climbkalymnos.com, was launched to complement the guidebook with Kalymnos updates as they became available.
climbkalymnos.com
The product of 11 years of cumulative work. It is the fifth in a series of Kalymnos guidebooks published since 2000: that first edition, which was published shortly after Kalymnos burst into the climbing scene, was followed by revised editions in 2003, 2006 and 2008.
The all-new 2010 guidebook
The contribution of the guidebook to the development of this major climbing destination
The Kalymnos effect!
The guidebook will help you:
dream, plan your
journey, get to the island
& enjoy climbing
on Kalymnos.
CLIMBING HISTORY
ROCK & ICE MAGAZINE
The discovery
Italian climber Andrea di Bari – 1996
First routes: May 1997
43 on Arhi, Odyssey and Poets
1st publications
Spring 1999 Alp Rotpunkt
Local involvement
Collaboration of the local municipality with the author
Measures for developing the sport
Re-bolting existing routes
Creation of new routes
1st Climbing Festival
1st International Climbing Festival, October 2000: a milestone. Participation: 180 climbers from 13 different countries, including
Catherine Destivelle.
1st Climbing Festival
1st climbing guide: funded by the local council & distributed free to visiting climbers.
Since then…
International influx of climbers 2001-2002: ~ 4,000 climbers 2013: 10.000 climbers
2nd Climbing Festival
2 - 8 October, 2004 Organized by the Municipality of Kalymnos More than 600 climbers Major rock stars: Dave Graham, Liv Sansoz, François
Legrand, Daniel Du Lac and Andrea Di Bari. Major developers: Michel Piola, Hans Weninger, Guy
Abert & Karsten Oelze, Manolo Zanolla & Simone Moro.
2nd Climbing Festival
Journalists & photographers
including Jeff Achey, editor of CLIMBING Magazine
10-page article (CLIMBING #238)
3rd Climbing Festival
25-30 October KALYMNOS
PETZL ROCTRIP 1000 climbers
Better known as the Petzl Roctrip Kalymnos, it attracted approximately 1000 climbers, including a collection of the finest climbing athletes in the world, who challenged themselves against the newly-bolted ‘ultimate’ routes in Skati cave.
3rd Climbing Festival PETZL ROCTRIP
22-26 May 2009 Sponsored by the
Greek National Tourism Organisation
300 climbers Adam Ondra Maja Vidmar Christine and
Claude Remy
4th Climbing Festival
4rd Climbing Festival May 2009 Adam Ondra wowed everybody with
his ability to send ultra-difficult routes with seemingly incredible ease. He climbed numerous routes from 8a+ to 8c+, many of them as warm-up (!). If you are not impressed yet, he also made the first ascent of route Los Revolucionarios 9a 30m in sector Odyssey after 6 tries over 4 days. This is the hardest route in Kalymnos to-date, and the first 9a route in Greece (after Adam climbed it, on a hot an humid day, he moved on to Los Kukos 8c and just barely missed the onsight (rare, but it happens!). Immediately after that, he sprinted to Sikati cave in the middle of the scorching hot afternoon. There, he not only climbed Jaws 8c 50m on his first attempt, but he also placed the draws. For the record, Jaws was the ‘Ultimate Route’ in the 2006 Petzl Roctrip.
5th Climbing Festival May 2011
6th Climbing Festival
7th Climbing Festival
10 -13 Oct 2013
Best moments from the past
May 1998 George Kopalides
& Iannis Torelli (Greece).
Aegialis 7c (1st route at Grande Grotta)
Best moments from the past Remy brothers
April 2002 - present 50 routes/year Many New Sectors.
Rebolting - maintenance of climbing
routes
May 1999 – present Aris Theodoropoulos with
Thomas Michaelides George Kopalides, Aristotelis Mavromatis, Christos Daniil, George Koutsoukis. Simon Montmory.
With support from the Municipality of Kalymnos
100 routes/year rebolted
Rebolting - maintenance of climbing
routes
Future suggestions: Kalymnos: A National Climbing Park
Responsibilities: •Climbing info point in Masouri •Climbing website or collaboration with www.climbkalymnos.com •Rescue team •Screening of new route equippers •Promotion of Kalymnos as a climbing destination •Annual route maintenance •Supply of hardware and equipment for rebolting and rescue •Equipping of new routes •Landscaping of areas surrounding the crags / maintenance and marking of approach trails •Road cleaning / garbage disposal
Meteora
Meteora
Leonidio
Kyparissi
Varasova Mesologgi
Crete
Crete
Pyli
Climbing on Kalymnos
Aris Theodoropoulos www.climbkalymnos.com Mobile: +30 6944 505279 [email protected] [email protected] http://hmga.gr/english/cv/theodoropoulos.htm Climbing school: www.eosacharnon.gr/sholianarrihisis.html