Climbing in Crete,Greece,Europe

Most of the new climbers entering the world of trad climbing are trying this route as their first. Due to been easy many climbers visit the route every year. A few of them did this route solo too. It has 600 meters length at V+ (most of the pitches are near IV+/V) and initially opened from B.Georgiadis & I.Pantoulas. It is a nice introductory route for big mountain faces, although it does not represent what we could call "a typical Gigilos face route".

Approach: You will need to reach first the spring of Linoseli (15 minutes) . To do that, just follow the E4 path from Ksiloskalo (where the Samaria gorge start) for about 45 minutes. After passing a small cave on your right the spring is located around 100-200 meters on the left. From that point you can see the starting point of the route.

Route description: The first 400 meters are moving almost all the time on a ridge with difficulty maximum at V+.
You will need full climbing equipment to do the route, no pitons are necessary.

Posted on: 06/05/2011 By: Stelios Asmargianakis

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