Another call, this time for an injured hiker in Kastri, Emporios. A dislocation of the knee made it difficult for him to walk down the long path.

We thank all the new volunteers that helped at the rescue, Asteris a local policeman, Mikes and Thanasis.

Since we are not professionals, thus not paid for our services, we have to set aside our personal activities and some of us even jobs, and run to help when needed. That’s why we need a lot of volunteers!!

Τhe Team encountered the most difficult rescue in terms of access and general difficulties, but the injured climber is surprisingly well and with no serious damage!

The call was for Sycati cave, with a crazy wind and time pressure for the daylight, but the Team pulled it off with the technical members and the help of their Instructor Massimo Datrino, who was by coincidence in Kalymnos.

Most valuable help was offered by Dimitris Nystazos, the kalymnian diving instructor, who took a great risk by using his boat to transport members of the Team and the casualty. We also thank Meletis our friend who joined the group to offer his help.

A hiker fell while walking on the path to the church of Prophet Elias and broke his leg, together with some other small injuries. The Team took the hard job of carrying the casualty all the way down the path from the highest point of Kalymnos !

The Team in action, last Saturday at Gerakios sector. All well, the climber got away with just a strain of the ankle. We wish to him a quick recovery!

Photos courtesy of Dave W.

Yesterday 13/4 the team had the first call for this season. In sector Kalydna, route Aurora (2 pitces), at 13:00, we were called for one more climber that fell out of miscalculation of the rope’s length and NO KNOT at the end..

The girl is perfectly fine and totally lucky, just skin injuries, although she fell from 8 or more meters to the ground!! The team had the assistance of a friend, a doctor who volunteered to come and offer the first aid and we thank him for that.

Please read the guide carefully for route specs and add the knot and the helmet to your necessary actions in your climbing activities!

The team dealed with an accident that we feared it would come sooner or later, thankfully it didn’t have the worst ending. In the route “Memories of Dorothy” a big rock from the route, that a climber was holding to make the move, came off and fell on to the belayer. The helmet took all the blow and her shoulder was injured.

The Team has consistently noted that openers should clean properly their routes and that the urge to open 10 or more routes in one week, for example, usually leads to clumsy cleaning of the routes.

We thank all the people that helped with the rescue, like mr Zoidis, especially our boatman Pavlos Karafyllakis that offered his services for free and took us there in no time.

We hope Emmanuelle will recover quickly from her injuries.

today at 14:00 we were called for help at sector Odyssey for a climber who fell while climbing and hit his ankle. We wish full recovery to our friend.

We thank Albi Schneider (CU belay glasses designer) and Louis apartments for their help.

Today, 29/9/2016 at sector Arginonta Red Wall, there was an accident that greatfully ended with no serious damage, the climber having worn a helmet…we wish quick recovery to our friend’s broken arm and hopefully she will soon be back to create more pleasant memories in Kalymnos!

The team was called at 12:25 and the climber was delivered to the ambulance at 13:35. Good job to everybody!

Saturday, 9/7/2016, sector E.T. at the cave in Vathy.

The team managed a difficult case, a rescue at 8 in the night, at a difficult site where simple carrying of the stretcher was not possible. Luckily the girl had only a fracture of a heel bone. She was safe on the ground in no time!

Yesterday evening 26/6, at 15:45, the team ran at Magoulias wall, where a climber had fallen a good amount of meters due to short rope and no knot at the end!

Luckily, there was no life threatening injury! We wish our friend a quick recovery! We thank our volunteers who ran on a hot Sunday evening…