{"id":447,"date":"2016-08-31T21:50:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T21:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?p=447"},"modified":"2016-08-31T21:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T21:53:25","slug":"sea-bouldering-at-skala-on-kefalonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"Sea Bouldering at Skala on Kefalonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we were on holiday in Kefalonia this year we went to Skala as we had heard there were some boulders in the sea you could climb. \u00a0You can get to them by driving to the front at Skala and then heading right along the beach front road and parking at the very end. \u00a0Be careful of turtle nests in the sand though!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You can see the boulders on this map :<\/p>\n        <div class=\"gmwd_container_wrapper\">            <div class=\"gmwd_container\">                <div id=\"gmwd_container_1\">                    <script>                        if(typeof gmwdmapData == 'undefined'){                            var gmwdmapData = []; 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After a long thirty minute swim we arrived at the boulders and I changed into my shoes and tried some of the easier\u00a0and smaller boulders. I noticed the the rock was very sharp and they were inhabited by\u00a0lots of water-fleas hidden in the cracks!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-450\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?attachment_id=450\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-450\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-450 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN0999-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Warming up on one of the small boulders\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN0999-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN0999-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN0999-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warming up on one of the small boulders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I then swam for another five minutes to the biggest boulder and tried some of the climbs, they were really hard! The water was quite deep around them so it was safe to fall in without worrying about hitting the bottom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-451\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?attachment_id=451\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-451\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-451 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Moving onto the bigger boulder further away\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1004-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moving onto the bigger boulder further away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sometimes I put my scuba mask on my face while I was climbing so if I fell I could look at the beautiful fish in the clear water below. \u00a0My Mum then swam back too look after my little brother and my Dad came out to the boulders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?attachment_id=452\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-452 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1007-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Half way up!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1007-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Half way up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I got to the top of one of the harder climbs (a sort of project!) I jumped off the top but unfortunately my fingers slipped off my nose when I went in\u00a0the water and lots of sea water went up my nose. \u00a0This made me feel really sick so I swam back with my Dad.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-453\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?attachment_id=453\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-453 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"At the top!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1012-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1012-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCN1012-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the top!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you go to Kefalonia I would recommend you give them a try &#8211; they are quite easy to find and it&#8217;s great fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we were on holiday in Kefalonia this year we went to Skala as we had heard there were some boulders in the sea you could climb. \u00a0You can get to them by driving to the front at Skala and then heading right along the beach front road and parking at the very end. \u00a0Be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/?p=447\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sea Bouldering at Skala on Kefalonia<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4,1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bouldering","category-fun","category-outdoor-climbing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6USQ6-7d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilytheclimber.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}