Kalymnos Ghost Kitchen

An excellent and popular crag with a wide variety of routes, from pleasant slabs to incredible tufas on a gently overhanging wall. There are 4 sectors. The sun hits the left hand side after about 13.00, A little later for each of the other sectors.

Region
Greece - Kalymnos
Rock Type
Limestone
Altitude
100m
Number of routes
30
Faces
South West
Climbing Area
Kalymnos
Directions

Follow the road from Misouri towards Skalia, and park about 2.5km after Arginonta village where there is a concrete road going up the hill. At the time of writing (Oct 2015) the sign by mistake reads "Seaside Kitchen" instead of Ghost Kitchen. Follow the concrete track and at the top turn right onto the footpath that leads up to the crag. About 20 minutes from the road

Kalymnos climb ghost kitchen topo
Kalymnos climb ghost kitchen topo

Sport and bolted routes

Topo Ref Route Sport Grade Length Quality Description Tick
A SECTOR

SECTOR A - LEFT HAND SIDE
A01 Hour of ghosts 6a 25m **
A02 Exotic Ambeli 6a 25m ***

A pocketed slab
A03 Route 66 6a+ 25m ***
A04 Pirates of Kalymnos 6b+ 25m ***

A steep bulge and then a sustained wall
A05 N7 7a 26m ***

steep pocketed wall climbing.

A06 Haunted castle 7a+ 26m *

the crux top wall is sharp!
A07 Le type de la taverne 6c 20m *

To the first lower off
A08 le type de la taverne extension 7a 35m *

The extension is harder
A09 Le myth de la Caverne 6c+ 30m **

A nice route that climbs the shallow arete to the small caves, and then makes a tricky sequence over this followed by a steep wall with good holds
A10 Resista 6c 35m ***

An excellent climb up the orange coloured wall on large holds. Easier than it looks
A11 Globus 6c+ 35m ***

The steep pocketed wall
A12 Joy in the garden 6a+ 25m ***

just right of the corner
A13 Absent friends 6a 25m ***
A14 Seaside 5c 25m ***

A pleasant slab with good holds
A15 Weissmatten 5c ***

Another pleasant slab on good holds
A16 5 Ans Apres 5c 25m **

Yet another pleasant slab on good holds
B SECTOR

SECTOR B Main Wall
B01 Talon 6a 15m *

A diagonally right climbing route, with delicate slab moves on the broccoli.
B02 Achilles 5c+ 15m *

Easy on large gouttes for the first half, then more delicate Broccoli climbing
B03 Achilles Extension 7a+ 35m ***

A worthwhile extension with one long hard move that is hard to read around the lip. Steep leading to it, and slabby afterwards. Rope drag can be a problem so extend the slings under the roof.
B04 Durgol 7b 35m ***
B05 Sisyphus Junior 7a+ 25m ***
B06 Sisyphus Junior extension 7b 30m **
B07 Ghost rider 7b+ 40m ***
B08 Totenhansel 6c+ 25m ***

As for Ghost rider, but branch off right up the stalactites
B09 Remember Wadi Rum 6c 25m ***

The big tufas. But how to climb them?
B10 Dafni 6c+ 30m ***

The right hand side of the Wadi Rum tufas
B11 Dafni extension 8c

open project. 8c?
B12 Fantasma 7b+ 30m ***
B13 Elia 7b 30m **
B14 Thimari 7a 30m ***

an excellent tufa climb, technical at the bottom, juggy and strenuous at the top
B15 Ioli 7a 30m ***
B16 Axium 6c+ 30m ***
B17 Delta 6a+ 25m **
B18 Kalyminette 6c 40m **
C SECTOR

SECTOR C RIGHT SLAB
C01 Tchao Regina 6b 36m **

Starts up to the left of the slab, just to the right of Kalyminetta
C03 Caisimir 5a 20m *

The most left hand route of the slab
C04 Myrthe 6a 20m **
C05 Parasitos 6a+ 18m ***

slightly shorter than the other routes on the slab, but still excellent
C06 Zyklop 6a+ 25m ***
C07 Persephone 6b 28m ***
C08 Lothar 6b+ 25m ***
C09 Serena 6b+ 25m ***

The pocketed overhanging tufa on the right side of the slab
C10 2046 6c+ 20m ***

steep wall ionthe right hand side of the slab
D SECTOR

SECTOR D LOWER RIGHT WALL
D01 Tahar ta Gueule 7a 35m **
D02 Hara Kiri 6c+ 40m **
D03 7 à c 6c+ 35m **
D04 A.C. d'essais 6c 35m
D05 Pourquoi paniquer? 6c+ 40m ***
D06 L'ange et le bac 6c 40m **
D07 Zyva 6b 40m ***
D08 Oh my gosh! 6a+ 37m ***
D09 Sacray's price 6a 32m **
D10 Witch 6a+ 33m *

The right hand side of the slab