The crag of Kamblafka is located at the southwestern tip of the Akarnanian Mountains, above the sea and very close to the village of Mytikas.
The crag was discovered in 2003 by Dimitris Katsoulas who on his first visit found abandoned climbing slings, from previous tries, made probably by Italian climbers. Also, it seems that they were not the first to climb there, because as informed by a local, George Tsagaris, when he was a young beekeeper he had climbed himself using wood wedges which were found.
The first routes were climbed in a traditional way. Thus, in 2004 the first route was climbed ("Aspondos filos"), only with natural protection, by Dimitris Katsoulas and Giannis Rizopoulos. In the same year, Dimitris Katsoulas, Spyros Liontakis and Panagiotis Katsoulas climbed three new routes ("Psychhanemisma", "Alyzevs", "Alytian").
After a second thought, it was desided that the crag is good for sport routes, so Spyros Liontakis cleaned the field from the loose pieces of rock with a top rope.
In 2005 Dimitris Katsoulas placed permanent protection gear (bolts) on the already existing routes. From 2007 to 2010 he opened ten new ones with a top rope technique. When he found oxidation of the protection gear, Dimitris Katsoulas bought new materials, which in 2014 were used by Nikos Roditis for the renewal of the crag.
In 2016, Dimitris Katsoulas, Nikos Roditis, Iraklis Moisidis, Dimos Yfantis, George Katsoulas and Pigi Krikochoriti opened several more routes.
Mytikas has a fairly mild climate, so it is a place that can be visited all year round, either doing water sports, or climbing the slopes of the Akarnan Mountains, or sport climbing in the organized crag of Kablafka.
In Kamplaka, during the summer, one can climb after 3pm when the rocks are in the shade, while in winter one can climb all hours from morning to night.
The field has one or two rope lengths, equipped with 316L stainless steel bolts. The rating of the routes varies from 4c to 7c so they are suitable for both beginners and advanced climbers.
For the access, we head to Mytikas, Etoloakarnania and when we reach the intersection Mytikas - Palairos we follow the road to Palairos. As soon as we pass the cages of the fish farm and with Mytikas and the island of Kalamos on your left, there is an icon on the road in your right hand. From there we go up to the field above.