Climbing in Turkey

[Thai-Samurai]

I just want to know how the rock climbing is in Turkey. There's some good climbing here in Armenia.

I know Turkey has climbing gyms which I think is something Armenia desperately needs. Even Iran and Russia have climbing gyms.

Also the sport isn't developed enough here for people to actively put up new sport routes by bolting up the rock, trad is the only way to go. A lot of people say that's a blessing though.

Need to learn trad to climb these walls:




Toproping at Bjni:


Is there a large climbing community there, do usual people hear anything about it?

[Ari]

since our mountains have been taken over i think they too have good rocks

wow pics are cool

good luck

[winoman]

I think much of the technical climbing in Turkey is done out of the area around the town of Yusefel in the Tortum Gorge between Erzurum and Artvin in the Kargapazar Daglari range (also called the Kackar mountains). Some extremely impressive mountains, gorges and scenery there as well as some beautiful Georgian churches high up on the mountains - a gorgeous region.

Check it out...other places too of course...

http://www.adiyamanli.org/mountaineering_turkey.htm

http://goturkey.kultur.gov.tr/turizm_en.asp?belgeno=9175

http://www.turkishtravel.com/useful10.htm

Great white water rafting in the gorge as well...

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0211/story.html#story_3

[bell-the-cat]

NB: The Kachkars are not really "rock climbing" mountains - rather they are composed of easy(ish) trails between miniature mountain peaks, and those peaks are more like traditional mountaineering type peaks (they are cloud-covered and heavily shattered by the action of snow and ice) than rock climbing ones.