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Anyone had any experience meeting other climbers etc. in or around Meteora, Greece? I'm going to be passing through solo later in the year and it seems rude not to get some climbing in.

I'm aware it's a bit less of a hub than Kalymnos etc. so less chance of rocking up and meeting some other climbers in the bar etc.

Any advice welcome.

In reply to fuzzysheep01:

Often climbing areas have Facebook groups, in fact travellers in general have Facebook groups, that would be where I would be looking.

In reply to fuzzysheep01:

Aye cheers, nae such group for Meteora, but in the absence of anything else I guess the group for the whole of Greece might have to do.

In reply to fuzzysheep01:

From my experience, Meteora is about as far removed from the Kalymnos experience as you could imagine. We had several days there a few years back and only saw one other team,

Chris

In reply to fuzzysheep01:

I was there in April. I couldn't find any guide company that would do any climbing on the pillars and I didn't see a single person climbing on them (and I was there for a week). I'm not sure if it's frowned upon now perhaps? There's loads of amazing crags nearby tho..

In reply to James Harker:

That's good to know, thanks James.

In reply to Chris Craggs:

Thanks Chris. Aye it seems like it's maybe even a bit niche for finding local climbers out there.

Cheers for the reply.

In reply to fuzzysheep01:

We were there last Autumn, we saw a couple of other teams climbing but it was generally very quiet. Finding partners would be tricky, but worthwhile as the climbing is unique. 

In reply to fuzzysheep01:

Pick me up at Athens? 

In reply to Georgert:

Done. Send flight details.

In reply to fuzzysheep01:

Now I'm thinking I should have just come on UKC to get a partner! Damn it! Have fun, the climbing looks like it would be absolutely epic.