Category Archives: Turkey

Güver Uçurumu Canyon descent with Onur and Bekir

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Bryan Keith

I’ve written before about bicycling around the rim of Güver Uçurumu, and my last post was about trad climbing at Kapuz Boğazı at the bottom of the Güver Uçurumu.  On this trip we decided to descend Güver Uçurumu Canyon directly. … Continue reading →

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Trad climbing at Kapuz Boğazı

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Bryan Keith

Kapuz Boğazı is the name given to the area where the Güver Uçurumu Canyon widens out after the water is constricted in a narrow gorge.  You can reach from below easily by road via Aşağı Karaman Köyü.  I’ve come both … Continue reading →

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Close to heaven in Çıralı?

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Bryan Keith

Ferda used to love going to Olimpos.  She took me a number of times in the first year we were together.  But that was before she had spent any time in Çıralı.  It was two years ago when Ferda and … Continue reading →

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Kaynaklar, İzmir’s sport climbing

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Bryan Keith

Ferda and I first climbed in Kaynaklar in April 2015.  We showed up during a festival weekend and stayed for a few days after to enjoy the climbing when it wasn’t so crowded.  We liked Kaynaklar so much that we came … Continue reading →

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Playing tourist in İzmir

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Bryan Keith

I’ve been to İzmir quite a few times since that’s where Ferda grew up and where her parents still live.  However, until my visit last month, the only sort of touristy thing I’d done in İzmir was climbing in Kaynaklar, … Continue reading →

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