Category Archives: mountain

2215 – Sunrise above Profítis Elías hill

Posted on August 13, 2021 by athosweblog

This extraordinary photo is from the (Greek) Facebook site ‘Filo tou Agion Oros’ of Artur Bleco. Early in the morning 12/8 he made this picture from Sikía beach Sithonía, not far from Sarti. Wim Voogd, 13/8 (thanks Vasilis)

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2170 – Skiing and Snowboarding on Mount Athos

Posted on September 23, 2020 by athosweblog

On this website from Frozen Ambrosia I found this footage of seven Greek guys, who skied down the Holy Mountain (filmed on February 17/18 2017). This is the Facebook footage of the ski trip (thanks Japetus) and some stills from … Continue reading →

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2146 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 1

Posted on June 16, 2020 by athosweblog

As you probably know, I occasionally roam the internet looking for Athos photos or publications. Today I found some time to show you some of my findings, beginning with the oldest: 1668 This is a page from a Dutch book, … Continue reading →

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2112 – Crossing the stone fall of Megali Sara

Posted on March 2, 2020 by athosweblog

Between Nilou or Nilos and Prodromou the monopati runs over an impressive stone avalanche area called Megali Sara The path was formed by passing monks after the 1905 earthquake, that created the stone fall. The region is geologically quite unstable. … Continue reading →

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2098 – Panaghia and the hike to the peak of Mount Athos

Posted on January 19, 2020 by athosweblog

It took us 5 hours to walk from Kavsokalivia to the Panaghia refuge (see post 2095) and we arrived at one o’clock PM. We planned to arrive as early as possible, hoping to get a place to sleep in the … Continue reading →

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2095 – the hike from Kavsokalivia to Panaghia refuge

Posted on January 10, 2020 by athosweblog

Our main goal during our 2019 pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain was to reach the top of Mount Athos. We decided to do the climb in two stages: day one from Kavsokalivia to the Panaghia refuge and day two the … Continue reading →

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2078 – film: the hike from Panaghia refuge to the top of Mount Athos 2019

Posted on October 6, 2019 by athosweblog

Wim Voogd, 6/10

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2077 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: silhouettes and bells

Posted on October 5, 2019 by athosweblog

Wim, 5/10

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2075 – the top of Mount Athos, 1st of October

Posted on October 3, 2019 by athosweblog

Tuesday morning October 1st we started at 5.00 pm our hike to the summit from the refuge Panaghia. The sky was clear, the view was fantastic and the sunrise magnificant! Wim, 3-10 (top photo by Gert Jan Wiekart)

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2043 – The Holy Mountain today

Posted on March 4, 2019 by athosweblog

Seen from 13000 meter, on a flight from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam: The top surrounded by clouds Wim, 4/3

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