Climbing Paradise…?

We decided to visit another climbing area called Olympos. Olympos (about 1.5hrs from Geyekbayiri) is an old ruined city contained within a deep valley. Much of the ruins have been enveloped by the wildlife, but it is still a great place to wander through. Our main reason for visiting Olympos was to climb on Sector Cennet. We knew that Sector Cennet had some fantastic climbing on excellent rock.

We approached Sector Cennet via a rocky coastal path and turned a corner to get our first glimpse of this amazing crag. The crag was a perfect sheer face of multi-coloured limestone. It was streaked with, yellows, oranges, pinks, greys and purples and split by various cracks and weaknesses. The rock was steep and comprised everything from very steep slabs to slightly overhanging walls, with most routes in the French seventh grade. We warmed up on a F6b and soon realised that the rock demanded impeccable footwork on the small edges and smooth bumps.











Claire has found a great 7a project, which she has been practising for a red-point attempt. I managed to on-sight my first F7b, which I was very happy about! I’ve since fallen off another F7b, so not solid at the grade yet!