Ahh Kalymnos, it is like coming home a little bit. Comfortable, inviting, and beautiful. We arrived on Saturday the 17th loaded down the motorcycle and drove on into Massouri to set up house for the next 25 days. I have been to Kalymnos before and if you are unfamiliar with where it is what it is or what it looks like there are a bunch of old posts that you can look at from my archive. I am on this trip with a big group of friends and we have taken up residence at a little apartment underneath Grande Grotta. It is nice to be back with so much time, so much motivation, and to be in pretty good shape.
So on our first day we hung out, picked up the scooter (I brought Petrini to make my life easier and cheaper) and did some serious grocery shopping. We went to bed early with dreams of tufas, knee bars, and deep pockets dancing in our heads.
Day two was great. we went to a sector simply called The Cave and there I onsighted a 6c and redpointed 7b so things are off to a great start. In the afternoon it gets too hot to climb so the option is simple, go to the beach. we went swimming for a bit, played rackets and went to check out the climbing shop. Tomasz and I were fortunate enough to find a great wine for very cheap and a really cool group of climbers from Athens; however, we were unfortunate enough to drink too much and not wake up on time for climbing today, so, it looks like it could be a deep water solo (active rest day) day and then go to bed early pledging never to drink too much ever again.
More pictures and posts to come.
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