Each of Greece's many islands offers something unique to its visitors. As for Kalymnos - a Greek island you may never have heard of - that something is world-class rock climbing. After visiting busier ...

Today Kalymnos has about 3,900 climbing routes for various skill levels, many with sea views. While the sea continues to play a vital role in island life, the cliffs’ popularity seems here to ...

Kalymnos's eights and nines, meanwhile, prove testing enough that the climbing elite view the island as a perfect proving ground. Italian Stefano Ghisolfi is the current IFSC World Cup winner in ...

The noisy, joyful scooters indicate that there is no off-season for climbing on this island ... closed off season during those early years of "Kalymnos the sponge divers' island", welcome people who ...

Kalymnos, and the climbing on Kalymnos, are a tiny but illuminating example ... Along comes winter. Cold winds caress the island, a few more millimetres of rain in November. So you climb at crags you ...

Indeed, the financial benefit of being a world-renowned climbing ... upon the island in greater numbers, Tony said that more restaurants, hotels and tourism will eventually strip Kalymnos of ...

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Kalymnos is globally recognised as one of the best rock-climbing destinations. The island caters to climbers of all abilities, from novices to seasoned ...

was rushed to hospital after he fell during a climb and was slammed against rocks on the Greek island of Kalymnos. The philosophy student had gone on a rock climbing trip to the Greece with ...