Must- Do Trip : Climb Geyikbayiri, Turkey

                                            


Alex Honnold
Climber

There might be conspiracy among climbers to keep this scret : A lot of the world's best sport climbing crags happen to be in warm, gorgeous, vacation-worthy locales that might also appeal to the masses. Las year, Alez Honnold pilgrimaged through the mediterranean on a trainin trip and fell in love with Geyikbayiri, the Turkish climbing grouds on the sea.

"Turkey is a little more off the radar," says Honnold. "Geyikbayiri is off the hook. There's beaches for rest days, deep water soloing, a bunch of different climbing areas. it's pretty nice vacation spot," The main crag is amile long shelf of limestone with some 600 diverse routes, ranging from beginner routes with big holds to faces riddled with tiny crimpers and long sweeping roofs. In the evening, climbers hit the beach and congregate at the Climber's Garden, a guide service and collection of bungalows mere minutes from the crag, to trade beta over raki, the Turkish libation of choice.