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Akrida EXT

5.12b, Sport, 115 ft (35 m),  Avg: 3 from 1 vote
FA: Remy and friends
International > Europe > Greece > Peloponnese > Leonidio > Yellow Eyes

Description

Super tall, probably super hard extension to the excellent Akrida. (Originally graded 8??? Now established as a 7b/12b) Goes up into the yellow brown goodness, so probably lotza fun!

I haven't actually sent this; I include it here for glorious plenitude. The star rating I take from Vertical-Life (now a division of 8a). The mob gives it 4 out of 5 stars. Meanwhile, IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET THE RP, then get me the deets and I'll fill this out proper. Someone out there get rowdy on this, get some pics, and get me the info, please please.

Location

Under the west eye. Very close to where the main trail dumps you at the sector. Look left, identify the low-angle gray apron that defines the beginning of the main wall, find the name painted on the rock a few lines to the right. Get down on it!

Protection

The '25 Pánjika guide has no info on number of draws or state of the anchor. I would....bring.........a lot.....

Meanwhile, the old Theodoropoulos guide says 40m, the '25 Pánjika suggests it's 35. Be the captain of your own ship and decide, but IIIIIIIII would bring a 40, just in case!

On extensions...

A quick word about extensions: Both guidebooks for Leonidio list them as separate climbs. I here honor that custom. 

I see on MP where alotta climbers in the American idiom neglect to list the opening section. Opting instead to post the full--usually much harder--line. I'm not down with that. In Europe extensions are put in not as the line proper but rather as a different climb altogether. One appealing to different climbers with different skill sets, different agendas. So? Different chains, different line. That's how I see it; that's how I list it.  

Either way, don't call 'em second pitches. They'll just think you've been dropped too many times without a helmet.

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