LEONIDIO, GREECE

Another climbing paradise on Greek Peloponnese is Leonidio. About 3.5 hours south from Athens airport you get to small town Leonidio. A pretty young climbing destination with more than 1000 routes all kinds of shapes and grades in a beautiful environment. The type of rock is limestone, from grey compact structure to amazing great tufas on orange rock. Climbing in Leonidio is becoming a new winter destination. Discovering something new and having great climbing holidays in colder weather Leonidio is the place to be. If you want to become a better climber, join us on climbing coaching holidays in the Greek paradise in Leonidio. 

Availability: 5 climbers (minimum 2)

For who: Climbing for young and adult with confident leading from 6a to 9a, for everyone who wants to climb a lot and push themselves to a higher level. Get more confidence and improve their climbing technique, for those who want to have fun and learn something new from the best coaches.

Provisional Climbing program:

Day 1: Getting to Leonidio and settled there and start enjoying your climbing holidays.

Day 2: Having an easy start with lots of easy routes for warming up the body and getting used on tufa climbing. Discussing your goals for this week and future.

Day 3: Climbing on vertical and overhanging routes. Concentrating more on on-sight climbing technique and mental training – discus how to approach for on sight, visualization, preparation, analysis, learning where to clip, resting exercise, learn commitment and reading the route, and learning understanding falling and falling technique, and falling practice.

Day 4: Climbing on overhang routes, learning overhang technique and climbing on tufas, more focus on technique- ˝tufa climbing” with kneebars, no hand rest, heel or toe hook and focus on redpoint climbing with mental training.

Day 5:  Rest is part of training so we might take one as well. Not necessary of having a full rest day, we might still do some running and yoga session in morning and swimming or easy climbing in the afternoon. It also depends on a group and their needs and wishes. One of the rest day training is ONE HAND climbing technique with BANANA and climbing WITHOUT HANDS, toprope of course. These skills are great to learn how to be efficient and improve your climbing technique for harder routes, and also having FUN as well.

Day 6: “A Vista” or On Sight. Get as high as possible on harder routes and send some cool lines. Learning how to read the crux when totally pumped and get the most out of it.

Day 7: Climbing A Muerte - harder routes or fixing problems we had in onsight attempts. Learning to do one more move that we think we can do! Working progress in projects and mental training-visualization, breathing technique and posture and learning relaxing on the wall.

Day 8: If there is still some power and time left we can simply go climbing and put in use what we learned in the last week. Or maybe do another try in our new project, up to you

What do you need to bring?

Harness, climbing and approach shoes, warm and light clothes, helmet, chalk bag and chalk ☺, belay device and glasses, sun creme, headlamp, and great mood. You need also to have your own insurance, we recommend to do it before at home.

What price includes: In the price is included as much as you need of climbing coaching and instruction, safety equipment-ropes and quickdraws.

Not in the price: Your own transport to the destination, accommodation, food, and insurance.