Tag Archives: summit

1602 – A cloud at the top of the mountain

Posted on June 25, 2014 by athosweblog

A short nicely filmed video about a 3 days visit on Athos and climbing to the top after spending the night at Panagia at 1500 meters. Unfortunately the next morning the summit was covered in a cloud but they did … Continue reading →

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1500 – Pilgrims on the top of Mount Athos

Posted on January 11, 2014 by athosweblog

    More pilgrims on the top: here,  here and here hv

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1432 – different pictures from the top of Mount Athos

Posted on July 17, 2013 by athosweblog

As I told you in previous posts, the Facebook site of Haritopoulos provides us with many special pictures of Athos. Here are some of the top at 2033 meters: Greek soldiers and men with the Greek flag 1910/20? The same … Continue reading →

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1416 – Simonos Petras as seen from the summit

Posted on June 16, 2013 by athosweblog

On the top of Mount Athos you can spot Simonas Petras monastery (red arrow). Photo by hv  This how it looks the other way around. Photo by Theodossios of Simonopetra, monk.         This is the right spot on one of the … Continue reading →

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1403 – Bird on the summit

Posted on May 27, 2013 by athosweblog

When we reached the top of Mount Athos in 2011 I managed again to take a shot of the only leaving creature who lives permanently on the 2026 meter high summit: The Blue Rock Thrush In 2007 I took this … Continue reading →

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1392 – At the top

Posted on May 16, 2013 by athosweblog

Monks  and pilgrims on the summit (2026 m.)  of Mount Athos in 1935. Four pilgrims at the top in 2008. It is a special moment at sunset because you see the pyramid shaped shadow of the mountain in the sea. … Continue reading →

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1376 – The top of Mount Athos

Posted on April 21, 2013 by athosweblog

Begin october 2011 Peter, Jacques, Wim, Bas en Herman from Holland walked in app. 10/11 hours to the summit of Mount Athos afterwards returning to Skite Anna. Two started the trip from Skiti Prodromou. Three of us began the hike … Continue reading →

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1336 – the top of Mount Athos

Posted on January 7, 2013 by athosweblog

In my last post (1331) about our trip to Athos in October 2011 I showed you how we climbed the mountain in 3,5 hours. Today we will take a closer look at the building activities and I will try to … Continue reading →

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1331 – the climb to the top of Mount Athos

Posted on November 29, 2012 by athosweblog

As I told you in post 1223 we arrived at the Stavros junction at 11 o’clock. I decided to give it a try and together with pilgrim Peter we took the path that leads to the top. The path to … Continue reading →

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1295 – climb to the top: the Panaghia chapel and the new chapel

Posted on April 17, 2012 by athosweblog

Fremaki asked us about the condition of the Panaghia chapel, where you spend a night in a guestroom. The photos I took half a year ago speak for themselves: The newly renovated Panaghia refuge A relatively clean room with iron … Continue reading →

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