We received some feedback from 2 French climbers who repeated The Travel of Argonauts at 18/11/2016.
The rockfalls on this area were really big.
They report:
“ We did yesterday the travel of the argonauts in Varasova. The route was really climbable except: the belay from the third pitch doesn’t exist anymore, the last bolt of the 3rd pitch and a bolt in the 4th otherwise all the bolts look good.”
Olivier and Romain
Kevin Goburdhun
Hi Aris,
Just did the route a week ago, the belay and bolts that didn’t existed anymore have been replaced, maybe that’s why you did not mention in the 2017 topo.
Just a warning for the return of next climbers, we completely lost our way trying to get back by foot to Kryoneri following a trail with red marks which finally led us to Ano Vasiliki and which took us something like 3-4 hours by night…..! No trails are drawn on maps.me or other online map so be careful!
It’s hard to believe that such a massive beautiful face exists so close to the sea, the route is incredible. I do not understand why so few routes exist there, hope some new will be opened in the next years and would be happy to help!
Best,
Kevin
Harry Slater
We climbed this on Tuesday. All bolts are in good condition and the descent markers have been repainted.
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Aris Theodoropoulos
Last October a very heavy rain at Varasova followed by some rockfalls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpp3cG90bwA
We received some feedback from 2 French climbers who repeated The Travel of Argonauts at 18/11/2016.
The rockfalls on this area were really big.
They report:
“ We did yesterday the travel of the argonauts in Varasova. The route was really climbable except: the belay from the third pitch doesn’t exist anymore, the last bolt of the 3rd pitch and a bolt in the 4th otherwise all the bolts look good.”
Olivier and Romain
Kevin Goburdhun
Hi Aris,
Just did the route a week ago, the belay and bolts that didn’t existed anymore have been replaced, maybe that’s why you did not mention in the 2017 topo.
Just a warning for the return of next climbers, we completely lost our way trying to get back by foot to Kryoneri following a trail with red marks which finally led us to Ano Vasiliki and which took us something like 3-4 hours by night…..! No trails are drawn on maps.me or other online map so be careful!
It’s hard to believe that such a massive beautiful face exists so close to the sea, the route is incredible. I do not understand why so few routes exist there, hope some new will be opened in the next years and would be happy to help!
Best,
Kevin
Harry Slater
We climbed this on Tuesday. All bolts are in good condition and the descent markers have been repainted.