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Blue Magic

5.12c, Sport, 120 ft (36 m),  Avg: 3.5 from 2 votes
FA: C + Y Remy, 2010
International > Europe > Greece > Kalymnos > Olympic Wall > Olympic Wall Right

Description

If this route were down at Odyssey, it'd be polished to hell and have a line for it every day.  Up at the Olympic Wall, it's nice and quiet and well worth the hike!

Slab rambling gets you to the cave - best to back clean and/or skip the first few bolts to avoid rope drag.  Fantastically steep, athletic climbing on tufas and jugs get you to some tricky moves at the lip - left kneebar very helpful.  Extending all the draws up to this point will further help prevent drag.  Gain the next major pod and shake out before the first crux, which involves exiting the pod utilizing a shallow tufa and some pockets, culminating with a hero hand jam in a vertical hole, and a big move to a large hole with a fig tree.  Shake here as long as you please and become closer to nature as you confer with the tree.  The final run to the anchor is thin, technical, and exposed - it's not over until you clip the chains!

Location

far right side of the wall, rightmost side of the cave

Protection

bolts