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Improve your climbing performance

An event directed to sport-specific motor abilities.

Sport-specific strength and endurance of the finger flexors are among the main factors of performance in climbing.

If you are interested to improve your climbing ability, then this event is what you are looking for.

Through a series of practically orientated lectures and seminars for testing decisive abilities, conducted by specialized scientists, climbers will become familiar with sport scientific and medical aspects of climbing and will get practical advice about training, nutrition and injuries.

Seminar: Performance diagnostics for climbers Improve your climbing performance

9-10 October, Kalymnos 2015 at Hotel ELIES and Hotel PLAZA

Program

Friday 9 October

Lectures 9:00 – 13:00 at Hotel ELIES

Sport performance aspects in climbing

9:00 Workload characteristic and physiological responses to climbing (Michail Michailov)

9:30 Anthropometric and athletic profiles of elite adult and young climbers (Audry Morrison)

10:00 Training for developing decisive abilities of adult and young climbers. (Jiri Balas)

Additional factors which influence climbing performance

10:30 Nutrition in rock climbing (Audry Morrison)

11:00 Climbing Injuries (Thomas Kuepper)

11:30 Climbing in hot environment (Thomas Kuepper)

Performance diagnosis in climbing

12:00 Sport-specific ability tests (Jiri Balas)

12:30 Presentation of a newly developed advanced system for measuring sport-specific strength and muscular endurance (Michail Michailov)

Kalymnos Climbing Festival 8-11 October 2015

Dr. Ioannis Galouzis, the mayor of Kalymnos Island, announced the dates of the 2015 Climbing Festival during the UIAA Mountain Medicine Conference.

The 2015 Climbing Festival of Kalymnos Island will take place from the 8th until the 11th October 2015 (the 11th included).

  • Stay in touch for the program.
  • Book your flights and rooms in time!

Announcement

We are happy to announce that from May 30 until June 1st 2015, Hotel ELIES will hold and support the Mountain Medicine Conference of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation.

Stavroui (Small Cross) - climbing sector - Vathi Kalymnos

Access:

At Vathi village from the area called Metochi  follow the street signs for “Panagia Kira Psili”. The narrow road wonders in between small houses and orchyards and continues through sheepfolds, climbing uphill. At the top of the hill stands a small church. From the small church (this is Stavroui) 15min walk to your right (east). South facing slab.

Rina (Vathi Fiord) - climbing sector - Vathi Kalymnos

Access:

- Hook (2 pitches roject). About 100m from Rinas  small harbor, on the left of the fiord, in the center of a big steep red cliff, starting from sea level
- Puerto escondido (2 pitches project).On the right of the fiord 150m from Rina’s harbor on a white amphitheatric cliff, starting from sea level.  
- Socratic swimming lessons – 5b/7a (bulder). On the right side of Rina’s harbor with the first 250m relatively easy 5b/c. The second part about100m has moves of 6c+/7a. Return either along the wall or swimming.

Sea Museum - climbing sector - VLICHADIA Kalymnos

Access:

At the village Vlichadia, at the end of the beach (west) follow the narrow road after the Valsamidis Sea Word Museum and the kafenion on your right. After 50m turn left and follow the way up to the house. From there on follow the blue signs until the crag. 10 minutes total walking from the beach, northfacing.

Nera - climbing sector - ARGOS Kalymnos

Access:

Arriving at Argos village head for the small chapel (St Konstantinos), on the top of the hill which orientates the natural south western border of the village. From there follow the blue signs down the narrow gorge towards the left side (south ) of  Pithari Bay.

Symblegades Petres - climbing sector - KAMARI Kalymnos

Access: Heading from Myrties to Panormos following the main road at the top of the hill just before taking the road downwards to Panormos make a left turn where the sign for hotel Kamari is and follow the blue marks witch will lead you to a building under construction. Park there and continue on foot for 15min following the blue marks. A gorge 15 – 20m wide with routes on the west, east and north face.(Slab, wall, overhanging).

Ourania - climbing sector - KAMARI Kalymnos

Access:

Use the same as for Symblegades to your left you will see a big cave. North west facing.

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