Olympos - Zilnia - S. Face

Kryfo perasma

Rock, Traditional

The first ascent of the route “Kryfo perasma” (IV+, 280m) was realized on 25/3/1968 by S. Gounaridis - Z. Kapogiannatou and A. Spanoudis - P. Botinis.

A. Mattheou - S. Krastoudis were the first to repeat the route on 23/6/1968, while D. Bountolas realized the first solo repetition on 16/5/1979.

A variation (V, 40m) of this route was opened up on 28/1/1979 by T. Adamakopoulos - V. Hatzirvasanis. This variation consists of 3 pitches; it starts to the left of “Kryfo Perasma”, which it meets at the 3rd belay. V. Hatzirvasanis - D. Bountolas were the first to repeat this variation on 15/4/1983.

[1] “Kryfo perasma”, [2] “Adamakopoulou - Hatzirvasani”.

Source: D. Bountolas - Climbing guidebook of Zilnia, D. Mavropoulos
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Translation: E. Katsikerou
Editing: Routes.gr
Published: 2006-03-15
Modified: 2011-05-27
Area: Olympos
Location: Zilnia
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