One of the cool things about traveling around the planet and climbing, is getting to meet people that are so psyched about climbing at their home crags that they commit to the all consuming and dubiously rewarding task of compiling a guidebook.
We, at the Traveling Climber, have decided to salute the guidebook writer in a series of interviews with several authors that we have had the pleasure of meeting in our travels. Part 2 …
One of the cool things about traveling around the planet and climbing, is getting to meet people that are so psyched about climbing at their home crags that they commit to the all consuming and dubiously rewarding task of compiling a guidebook.
We, at the Traveling Climber, have decided to salute the guidebook writer in a series of interviews with several authors that we have had the pleasure of meeting in our travels.
After our first big trip (which lasted 16 months) we came home to the realisation that a long time climbing on the road (mainly tufa limestone) and not hitting up the climbing gyms could actually leave you weaker than when you started off! Technically and strength wise we had made some great gains but in the finger strength department, especially crimping, we were going backwards. We just figured that you could go climbing heaps and that would just make you automatically stronger … apparently not 
When we started this traveling/climbing lifestyle a few years ago, our first port of call was Kalymnos, the land of 40m routes! Originally we scoffed a little at the concept of belay glasses. They seemed like expensive, slightly unnecessary climbing “bling”. After about 2 weeks we were seriously considering what we were going to do about our necks. Craning your head backwards trying to keep an eye on your climber for up to an hour at a time on route, day after day is pretty taxing on your neck. Physios can be pretty expensive when you are travelling about and although massages are nice, getting them weekly (which was what we were going to have to do at this point) was going to start adding up.
