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2170 – Skiing and Snowboarding on Mount Athos
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
2146 – random photos and articles in chronological order – no 1
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
Posted in 04 Chilandariou, 13 Simonos Petras, 17 Grigoriou, 19 Panteleimonos, books, history, mountain
Tagged Alexander the Great, Articles, Dinocrates, old pictures, Thessaloniki
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2112 – Crossing the stone fall of Megali Sara
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
Posted in mountain, nature, Trip 2019
Tagged avalanches, Bas2019, earthquake, Megali Sara, nilos
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2095 – the hike from Kavsokalivia to Panaghia refuge
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
Posted in Kavsokalivia, mountain, Trip 2019, walking
Tagged dogs, hiking, Kerasia, stavros, Wim2019
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2075 – the top of Mount Athos, 1st of October
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)
2043 – The Holy Mountain today
Seen from 13000 meter, on a flight from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam: The top surrounded by clouds Wim, 4/3
