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Jerome's House Climbing

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Elevation:	1,388 ft	423 m
GPS:	36.95074, 22.99149 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Robert Hall on Apr 4, 2018
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Description

Located BELOW the road, Jerome's House is named for the house of "John Jerome" a Kyparissi native who made his fortune in California as a "mobster" in the 1920's and returned to Geece and built a house way down the valley (photo) to retire. He didn't survive long enough to take up climbing from his house, the remains of which are just above the shoreline, about an hour's walk from the cliff named for them.

"Home" to about 24 climbs, mostly 6b (5.10b) to 7c (5.12d), with one 5c (5.9) and one 6a.(5.10 a)

Guidebooks - The guidebook listed to the left may not cover this area. The best guidebook for this area is "Greece, The Best of Sport Climbing", 2nd edition (2017) by Aris Theodoropoulos". Unfortunately, while in English, he does not mail to the USA. It is available in some shops in Leonidio, and I would expect in shops in the Athens area.

Getting There

Just a short distance above Psilovrachos you'll actually drive on the top of the cliff, but continue on (through where the road was blasted through a "gap" and park on the left near a chapel just before the tiny village of Harakas. Walk back down the road to a steep trail that starts opposite a small shrine (photo). 15 min or so downhill. The first climb yoiu come to is "Teleferic" 5c (5.9) on the far right end of the cliff.

Again, cloudiness on the map prevents totally accurate GPS coordinates.