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25m.

Rockfax Description
After a rather nasty, polished slabby start, easier but superb steep blob climbing leads to a step left, where more testing moves are required. . © Rockfax

FA. D & JB.Winkler, Michel Piola Aug/2002.

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plant_based_tommo 13 May, 2019 Show βeta
βeta: Pretty stiff for 7b in my opinion but a brilliant route! (perhaps 15 years of polish have made it harder?) Hard techy boulder problem off the deck then a long section of pumpy climbing with marginal rests and a few quite hard moves. Also quite run out for Kaly. hardly easier than Spartacus, if at all.
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βeta: Pretty stiff for 7b in my opinion but a brilliant route! (perhaps 15 years of polish have made it harder?) Hard techy boulder problem off the deck then a long section of pumpy climbing with marginal rests and a few quite hard moves. Also quite run out for Kaly. hardly easier than Spartacus, if at all.
Dave Musgrove 13 Jun, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Definitly felt well 7b for an old boy like me. Best and hardest redpoint I've done on the island.
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βeta: Definitly felt well 7b for an old boy like me. Best and hardest redpoint I've done on the island.
Ben Stokes 22 May, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Although in hindsight the top half is quite easy, so maybe Alan is right. Anyway, more importantly, the route is bloody superb; go do it!
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βeta: Although in hindsight the top half is quite easy, so maybe Alan is right. Anyway, more importantly, the route is bloody superb; go do it!
Ben Stokes 22 May, 2005 Show βeta
βeta: Soft 7b IMHO, but not 7a+. I guess you are just a hero Alan! ;o)
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βeta: Soft 7b IMHO, but not 7a+. I guess you are just a hero Alan! ;o)
Adam Lincoln 20 Oct, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: Good mid level 7b IMHO. Its the only route of 7b or less i failed to onsight on the island. Its harder than Alexis Zorbas, which i onsighted
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βeta: Good mid level 7b IMHO. Its the only route of 7b or less i failed to onsight on the island. Its harder than Alexis Zorbas, which i onsighted
Alan James - Rockfax 19 Oct, 2004 Show βeta
βeta: Gladiator is never 7b. I can't understand why people think it is. We did it in the rain with huge seepage streaks and it just isn't that hard, has good shakes and no real crux. Compared to any 7b in France and it is miles easier. I think this route is indicative of the holiday-grades that many routes on Kalymnos suffer from.
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βeta: Gladiator is never 7b. I can't understand why people think it is. We did it in the rain with huge seepage streaks and it just isn't that hard, has good shakes and no real crux. Compared to any 7b in France and it is miles easier. I think this route is indicative of the holiday-grades that many routes on Kalymnos suffer from.

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Grade: 7b ***
(Spartacus Area)

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