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Kalymnos

Sport climbing near Masouri, Dodecanese, Greece. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring an 80 m rope. It lowers off 90% of the 4,440 sport pitches listed here. A 70 m does 80%.

About 17 quickdraws. Few pitches here list their bolts, so that's estimated from pitch length.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m35%
  • 60 m59%
  • 70 m80%
  • 80 m90%
Median
25 m
Most common
25 m
Longest pitch
60 m

A 70 m is the minimum. Many routes are 35–40 m and newer ones reach 45 m, so bring an 80 m.

Source: climb-europe.com

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

80m

70 m works for most routes

Draws

~17

Your 70 m covers 80% of pitches

Median
25 m
Most common
25 m
Longest pitch
60 m

Draws: Estimate: about 1 bolt per 2.5 m

A 70 m is the minimum. Many routes are 35–40 m and newer ones reach 45 m, so bring an 80 m.

Your 70 m lowers off 80% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Check the topo for longer ones and knot the end.
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Check a specific route

Rope length

Route height (ground to anchor)

30m

Rope reaches

10 m of rope to spare.

Needed 60 mRope 70 m

Longest route or pitch

35 m

Comfortably ~30 m

  • •Knot the belayer’s end.
  • •Watch the middle mark.
  • •Topo heights are estimates.
  • •Traverses and roofs use extra rope.

Longest pitches at Kalymnos

  1. Telendos ô Telendos7c60 m26 bolts
  2. George's8a+60 m25 bolts
  3. Rüsselparadies7a+60 m22 bolts
  4. Ari Gato Ext6a+60 m–
  5. Chumbawamba Ext 260 m–

Rope by wall

The shortest rope that lowers off 90% of a wall's pitches (80 m where none does), and the share it covers.

WallRopeLongest
Arginonta1158 pitches80 mcovers 89%60 m
Armeos1020 pitches80 mcovers 87%60 m
Vathy419 pitches80 mcovers 97%47 m
Telendos382 pitches80 mcovers 87%60 m
Palionisos331 pitches80 mcovers 92%45 m
Skalia306 pitches80 mcovers 85%60 m
Emporios251 pitches80 mcovers 92%54 m
Kamari142 pitches70 mcovers 91%60 m
Myrties141 pitches80 mcovers 89%46 m
Kandouni97 pitches80 mcovers 95%40 m
Sikati Bay72 pitches80 mcovers 83%60 m
Pothia31 pitches70 mcovers 94%32 m

The 12 biggest of 16 walls. Pick any wall under Rope & draws above to see its numbers.

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

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