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zwonenonly
Mar 22, 2009, 12:32 PM
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hi, going in easter for rock climbing in olympos, anyone having tips of best crags and settings, nice places to stay, other things to do/see? Or, eaven better, anyone going there?
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olive
Mar 24, 2009, 3:52 AM
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How long are you going to stay? Olympos is great, yet it is not a huge climbing area - as far as I remember (cause it has been growing since I left) there were 4 crags. When I was there Cennet was the main one - and it is a beautiful wall - though I know the others have been developed more since I last saw the place, too. If you like vertical, very technical climbing Cennet would be the wall for you. Cirali used to have a combination of slab and overhanging stuff, and Horguc had cool overhanging climbs. I have never been to the fourth crag (it is newer)but I heard it has longer climbs. Anyway, it is still enough climbing for few weeks especially if you want to project stuff.
There are lots of places to stay - around this time of the year you can just walk around and see which ones you like the most since this is not a high tourist season. There would be plenty of space everywhere. You can get climbing information from Kadir's Tree houses, though that one is a little further away from the beach/crags, so you might want to stay at a different place.
There is a lot of stuff to do on rests days. You can hike, there are nearby hills, mountains etc. Swim. Take a boat tour. Though in april water would be still cold. Go to chimera. Lie on the beach and read :)
If you have time and wanna check out an other climbing area, I would find a way to go check Geyikbayiri. That is the antalya climbing central. It is in the mountains though and not on the beach as olympos.
Enjoy! I miss the place terribly!
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zwonenonly
Mar 24, 2009, 6:11 PM
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 olive, super, i feel totally excaterated - not only aobu the cllimbing, but about the place in general. Super, super, i will definately pick u up on some of the tips, overhang and all (the techniqal one we'll see about ;-D).
/rufus
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hansolo
Mar 26, 2009, 1:00 PM
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I will be in the Olympus region around April 20-24. I have heard great things about the climbing there, especially Geyikbari. Will you stil be there ZW? If so, we should rope up!
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zwonenonly
Mar 26, 2009, 5:52 PM
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damn, leaving the 14th - another time. Tell u more about afterwards though ;-)
/Rufus
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