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zojo
Jun 8, 2008, 9:42 AM
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Hi all,
I'm off to Fethiye, Turkey for a couple of weeks and really fancy trying to get some climbing done while I'm there. I know Antalya and Dalyan are supposed to be good destinations but I was hoping for something a bit closer to Fethiye.
Please help, it'd be perfect to find the nearest crag/boulder/sea cliff and get any kind of climbing in!
Cheers all 
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verticon
Jun 9, 2008, 2:49 PM
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You should go to Cirali and Olympos, two neighboring villages midway to Antalya (from Fethiye). I've been there last October, the place it's just wonderful and there are +200 routes near the sea
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olive
Jun 9, 2008, 3:32 PM
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I would follow verticon and say just go to olimpos. It is midway to antalya and easy to get to at this time of the year. there are regular busses between fethiye and antalya; you should be able to get off at the olimpos junction and catch the regular minibus down to the beach. There is a guidebook to the area and you can purchase that at the kadir's tree houses' activity center at olimpos.
As a side note, though, there are few routes (or it used to be just a few, like 5 or 6, I dont know if more were developed or not) near butterfly valley just outside of oludeniz (which is close to fethiye). They are right next to the road that goes to the top of the butterfly valley from oludeniz, but if you dont have a partner, you probably wont run into anyone there. At olimpos, on the other hand, you are more likely to run into people who climb.
It is probably getting too hot to climb around that area, but oiimpos is a good bet for now because it has some shaded areas, and you can take a break and swim in the middle of the day.
(This post was edited by olive on Jun 9, 2008, 5:25 PM)
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zojo
Jun 9, 2008, 6:25 PM
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Thank you both very much, that is brilliant.
I'll find out more about the bus to Olimpos as that sounds perfect. I'll check out butterfly valley too, as I'm going with a partner and it sounds good for a quick morning session.
Brilliant, how exciting!!
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olive
Jun 9, 2008, 6:45 PM
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great. but as I said the routes there are not at the butterfly valley, but at the road on top of it. It has been years since I have been there, so I dont know what is going on now.
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zojo
Jun 9, 2008, 6:48 PM
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cool, thanks.
Just been checking out the buses to Olympos. The climbing looks great. Can't wait to get there.
Thanks again for your help
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