Kalymnos Olympic Wall
Steep slabs and walls, on the big cra above Odyssey. Rough rock with lots of big tufas and pockets that give excellent climbing. Gets the sun after about 1.30pm
Sport and bolted routes
Topo Ref | Route | Sport Grade | Length | Quality | Description | Tick |
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01 | Cantela | 6b | 20m | ** | A short red wall at the left hand side of the cliff |
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02 | Beta Bloc | 6c | 25m | ** | Steep wall with big holds |
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03 | Défense d'y voir | 5c+ | 25m | ** | The rightward trending line |
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04 | Alpha | 6b | 25m | ** | Starts right of Défense and finishes left of it |
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05 | Kalynette | 6b+ | 27m | ** | The technical wall starting right of Alpha |
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06 | Le bite ne fait pas le moine | 6c | 25m | ** | A hard start and shares the same belay as Kalynette |
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07 | Le bite ne fait pas le moine extension | 7a+ | 40m | Gold | The extension. Sustained. |
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08 | Erotik market | 6b+ | 27m | ** | The technical slab left of Il movimiento sexi |
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09 | Il Movimiento Sexi | 6a | 32m | Gold | Follow the water runnel onto the slab and a lower off just before the wall steepens. An excellent route with elegant moves |
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10 | Toutouille | 6b | 30m | *** | The slab right of Il moviemento |
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11 | Les Ch'tis | 6b | 30m | *** | Shares the same lower off as Toutouille |
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12 | Saphir | 6c | 30m | *** | ![]() |
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13 | Sextoys | 7a | 30m | *** | ![]() |
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14 | Telendos | 7a+ | 30m | Gold | Excellent right of Sextoys to finish at that route |
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15 | Kalyty | 7b | 25m | Gold | ![]() |
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16 | Galasia Petra | 8b+ | 110m | Gold | Three hard pitches, 1) 8a+ 40m; 2) 8b+ 40m 3) ; 7c 30m. It is not clear if it is fully bolted towards the top. |
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17 | Laetyan | 6c | 25m | *** | Technical and slippy climbing on the tufas that lead to the left hand side of the cave |
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18 | Crack | 7a | 25m | *** | The tufas to the right of Laetyan, traversing right at first and then back left at the top.Pumpy |
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19 | Biloute | 7a | 30m | *** | ![]() |
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20 | Yamas | 8a+ | 40m | *** | ![]() |
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21 | Hogo Fogo | 7c | 35m | Gold | ![]() |
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22 | Hellas Rodeo | 8a | 40m | *** | ![]() |
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23 | Tornado Lou | 7b | 30m | Gold | An excellent route up 3 separate tufas. Climb the first move right onto the second and then make some difficult moves to get back to the third. Save some energy for the top. |
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24 | La Moule | 7a | 22m | ** | ![]() |
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25 | Happy Birthday | 6c | 35m | *** | A surprising route following the slab to the right hand side of the cave and then up a tricky wall |
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26 | Limonadovy | 6b+ | 30m | * | ![]() |
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27 | Reve de femme | 6b | 22m | *** | A couple of nice moves on the tufa |
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28 | Folly | 6b | 22m | * | At the left hand side of the cave, right of the tufa |
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29 | Pingu | 6c | 23m | ** | One steep move and a hard clip |
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30 | Saule | 7a+ | 30m | *** | An excellent sustained route that is never really hard |
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31 | Kalygula | 6c | 20m | * | ![]() |
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32 | Blue Magic | 7b+ | 35m | *** | A long, steep sustained route with tufas and pockets |
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33 | Sleeping Beauty | 7b | 30m | ![]() |
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34 | Smooth Operator | 7a+ | 30m | ![]() |
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35 | Manic Depressions | 7c+ | 35m | ![]() |
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36 | Mella | 7c+ | 25m | ** | On the orange overhanging cliff below and right of Olympic wall |
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