"Its not normally this cold in Kalymnos at this time", the english owner of Glaros told us.  "There's a north wind blowing, but it should pass over us by the weekend".   Of course thinking to ourselves, its still a good 15 degrees warmner than autumnal Ireland, I don't think we'll complain.   To us, the weather is great!  Mostly sunny days so far, a bit of wind, actually, a lot of wind, but for climbing the temperatures is good.  But the wind's not such a good mix for the beach and book rest days.  Ah well....

View of the sun setting over Telendos from our balcony

So, we're getting into the swing of things, slowly getting on harder routes, finding our feet and taking falls.  Over the last couple of days we've been to Odyssey, Afternoon and Spartacus.

Barry O'Dwyer on a 7a in Odyssey

Things are coming together, definitely both feeling a lot more confident.  Andrew had a success today on a 7a in "Odyssey" which he got in two attempts, and very close to a second 7a (Calipso), both routes were close to onsights, this will come with mileage.

Barry O'Dwyer on a 6b in Odyssey

Juan O'Raw on a 6b in Odyssey

I had a couple of 6b onsight successes, one in Spartacus and one in Odyssey.  I've started to work a couple of 7a's in Odyssey, I haven't decided which will be my first project, both I think I am (or will be eventually) capable of them, however, I think the deciding factor will be stamina.

Eoin Kennedy climbing in Odyssey

Andrew working a 7a (Calipso) in Odyssey

We had a rest day in Pothia, not much to say really, lots of boats, lots of fish, a closed archeological museum and not a whole lot else.

Typical Greek Doors

The port in Pothia