This comprehensive guidebook describes the sport climbing near Datca in southwest Turkey near Bodrum. The guidebook covers 311 routes across a wide range of grades from F4's to F9a. The climbing is on limestone rock with the vast majority of these routes being single pitch sport routes, though there are a handful of multi-pitch routes around 200m high. The main crag is called Indian Man with its impressive cave called Can Baba, which has lots of tufas.All the routes are shown on colour topo diagrams, plus some routes are shown on colour photo topos. There is further information regarding height and number of quickdraws required for each route. At the start of the guidebook there is an overview map, plus for each crag there is access information and a description of the style of climbing to be found.Published in October 2022 (revised 2nd edition) this guidebook is an extract from the climbing community database from TheCrag website for Datca. The guidebook is in English text throughout and is the only printed guidebook that covers the Datca area.101 pageslanguage englishedition 2022
Long time out of print, finally the new edition is here. Many new routes, new areas, more climbing fun on the Turkish Riviera. In this super designed guide, the areas Geyikbayiri, Hacimustafalar, Citdibi, Akyarlar, Beycik, Olympos, Cirali, Adrasan/Yarasali (DWS), Kas/Kaputas are described. Beyond the many impressive pictures, you get all the information such as length of the route, number of belays and difficulty. The topos of the climbing routes are shown on color pictures of the respective walls. The individual sectors of the areas are also clearly marked on color photos. The most important phrases in Turkish are at the end of the book with English translation.
Rock: limestone Difficulties:predominant 6th, 7th and the 8th grade on the UIAA scale Protection: sport climbing conditions Season: spring, fall, winter 326 pages Language: English / Turkish Edition 2023 Ö. Kayikci Self publisher
The Manisa Climbing Guide presents, besides the Sarikaya climbing area, two other small spots - Spil and Yarikkaya. The areas are all located northeast of Izmir (Turkish Aegean coast) and were dormant for a long time until they were discovered.Sarikaya, the biggest and most famous area of the area is waiting with 168 sport climbing routes and some trad routes at 650 m above sea level. The wall height varies between 10 and 50 meters. There are some 7c's on 47 meters! Otherwise the difficulties are between 5 and 8b+ and from about 14.00 you climb in the shade.The limestone conglomerate rock is good to climb and is almost virgin.The climbing guide is modern and shows the routes on good color photos. Information on how to get there, on accommodations, on equipment, on the slope of the rock, on child-friendliness and much more is given as pictograms or as text. And all this in Turkish or English.128 pagesLanguage Turkish, EnglishEdition 2022
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