Our Goal
To inspire you and impart knowledge and love for Greece, always considering your safety and ultimate enjoyment.
The profile of the average traveler is that of a person who works hard all year round and all that is left for him/her is to reward himself/herself with a few days of vacation in a destination of his/her choice.
Greece is a top world-class destination and tens of millions choose it every year. In this blessed country, living in our eyes unique and unrepeatable experiences seems self-evident.
Nowadays, many people have realized that a luxury hotel and a high budget are not enough to give them what they really want. This is something that can be found far from any connection with human intervention. This is something that can be experienced through the guidance of trained, certified and qualified professionals. Climb Up is staffed by such professionals who specialize in this type of visitors.
Having traveled all over the world, having the mindset and culture of a humble and pure traveler, we aim to guide you and show you all the secrets, mysteries and well-hidden sights and gems of Greece.
Our goal is to inspire you and transmit knowledge and love for Greece and the Greek countryside through unique memories and high quality services, always keeping in mind the golden diphthong of safety and absolute enjoyment.
We provide our guests with unparalleled experiences, having as much fun as possible in any of our activities. Everything we do is driven by love and passion and every journey is infused with adventure. We firmly believe that living life to the fullest should be everyone’s ultimate mission.
The only thought you have to do is to…
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
Travel Experts
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George Malamas was born in South Greece in 1981. His passion for the mountains begins as a preschooler when he started hiking with his family in the trails on the mountain of Taygetos in Sparta. At the age of 10, he started utilizing of his summers by participating and becoming part of the organized municipal kids camps on the mountain of Taygetos.
Since then he has not stopped worshiping and visiting Taygetos in every way and by every means. Taygetos is the mountain that has influenced and developed his mindset more than anything else.
Training
He has been trained by the Hellenic Federation of Mountaineering & Climbing and by the Hellenic Rescue Team. He dedicates himself to lifelong learning and as an official Civil Protection member; he continues his training for the knowledge of the mountains in related issues such as mountain rescue, fire fighting, self-rescue, avalanches, potential hazards and urban disasters.
Effect
He has climbed all the greatest slopes of Greece.
He has carved out and created more than 200 new climbing routes in various climbing sectors in Greece.
He has also climbed the Himalayas, the Pamirs, the Alps, the Dolomites, the Caucasus, the Tatras, the Carpathians, on both rock and ice routes.
Since 2000 and at the age of 19, he starts and never stops traveling far from Greece, exploring the world and discovering himself, always in mountainous destinations, always away from the lights and noise of the cities.
This mentality and mindset of his, in combination with his education and training, evolved into high altitude mountaineering, rock and ice climbing and ski touring expeditions all over the world.
Since 2009 he works as an instructor in charge of indoor-outdoor climbing and hiking excursions, in private primary and secondary schools, promoting the culture of climbing and the mountaineering ethics to children from the age of 6 and above.
Since 2012 he has not stopped offering his services as a mountaineering and rock climbing instructor at multiple certified federal schools throughout the year.
In 2013 he establishes ‘’Climb Up’’ and starts cooperating with selected resorts and tour operators. Climb Up did not take long to develop into a high-level service provider with multiple awards over the years. Without his trusted, well trained, sufficient and qualified partners, this would never have happened.
Since 2018 he teaches mountain guiding at the Public Vocational Training Institute of Sparta and Arcadia.
- He expresses his passion for volunteering by being a member, an instructor and a supporter of the Hellenic Rescue Team since 2010.
- Through HRT he became a Civil Protection member and volunteer specializing in mountain rescue, avalanches, firefighting and search and rescue.
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Moldavia, Montenegro, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Skopje, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Wales.
Bachelor of Business Administration
Mountain Leader
Nektarios was born in Thessaloniki in 1982. His passion for the mountains started at the age of 17. At the age of 18 he became a member of Hellenic Rescue Team on mountain rescue department.
He enjoys to volunteer and dedicates himself to continuous learning and skills development. He has been trained by Hellenic Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing and by Hellenic Rescue Team.
He really likes the winter mountain and mountaineering ski. Usually you can find him in mountain Olympus where is working as a refuge manager, at Petrostrouga refuge. He has been for climbing at France, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Cyprus. He has been head in the mountain rescue department at Hellenic Rescue Team for 6 years and with Malamas Giorgos was members of the team that set up the training curriculum in mountain rescue. He has been on the organizational committee for 7 nationwide mountain rescue conference in Greece.The last 5 years he is working on mountain activities mainly in Northern Greece.
His vision, everyone to experience the beauties of Greece, get engaged and to combine mountain and sea fields.
I have been: Cyprus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, Russia, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium, Andorra, Spain, Hungary
Management and Economics
Department of Business and Organizations Administrator
Health and Welfare Units Administration
She was born in 1984 in Athens. The capital was big enough for her but not as free enough she wanted. From early beginning she started hiking the areas around Athens and to the countryside.
In 2003 she succeed her exams and she had the luck to move to magical Kalamata. Right away she starts searching for the local active community and the first person she meets is George, the founder of “Climb Up”. She grabbed the opportunity and she starts hiking all around south Greece and at the same time she attends at both climbing and mountaineering schools certified by the Hellenic Federation of mountaineering and climbing to improve her skills.
In 2010 having already her first child, she works with children at the climbing wall of a private schooll and she introduces them in climbing. She had cooperation with summer camp “fotohara” for 2 years as a climbing supervisor and an entertainment manager.
In 2013 started working with “Climb Up” as an assistant and in 2015 she also took over office obligations.
At 2017 she establishes a new innovative tourist office named as ‘Trek and Travel’ authorized by the Greek Ministry of Tourism.
Nicky’s ultimate goal is together with Climb Up and with all the important local businesses to promote an integrated product value for money.
Nicky has travelled almost everywhere in Greece and her dream is to explore all continents.