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Comment on climbing mount olympus, greece by Andrey

Andrey — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:40:58 +0000

Does somebody know how much is the accomodation per person at the refugee A?

Comment on visiting gallipoli: one australian’s experience by Eren Erdogan

Eren Erdogan — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:20:31 +0000

Thank you for shearing your experience.
As a Turkish this war was such a waisted of human life for uncalculated and under estimated determination of Turkish people to protect there home land. Than again any war is stupid in any case.
I couldn’t help feeling emotional of the words of Ataturk. How sad it must have been to Turkish and Anzac mothers and families. Thank again well presented. Eren Erdogan

Comment on gad souks! our week in syria by ali

ali — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:39:55 +0000

to nice to see this always in the internet

Comment on climbing mount olympus, greece by alex chraca

alex chraca — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:30:12 +0000

I was wondering if you guys had to make a reservation for Refuge A. Some friends and I are going to be doing this in a couple weeks and any other advice would be greatly appreciated.

Comment on climbing mount olympus, greece by jasmine fitzsimons

jasmine fitzsimons — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:01:14 +0000

i think that i would love to live in greece iy looks amazing and i would love to live on mount olympus

Comment on climbing mount olympus, greece by cg

cg — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:29:06 +0000

Michelle, I was never there in Feb, but judging by the amount of snow in May you will need winter climbing gear to reach the actual highest point (Mytikas). As a general rule a scramble in summer is a climb in winter. I would think that summit you reach just before Mytikas would be accessible to a walker equipped with an ice axe, crampons + cold weather gear as there was nothing very steep to deal with (as long as you stay away from the edges). You should pay full attention to the avalanch risk since the route passes numerous avalanch gullies. I certainly would have loved to be there under good hard snow conditions. Do not underestimate the mountain, treat it like a 3000+m alp in winter with a slightly higher avalanch risk and you should be ok.

Comment on from hurghada to aswan: what lies behind a smile by saliva fluid

saliva fluid — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:29:23 +0000

Very awful story, so now now it is over and you can forget about it.

Comment on climbing mount olympus, greece by michelle

michelle — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:29:51 +0000

I’m looking into climbing Olympus in Feb. I hear it is a little more difficult, but doable. Do you know anything about this?

Comment on packed to go - the poundster packing list by Vanesa

Vanesa — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:45:01 +0000

This is a great list! I’m going to Brazil and Chile for 6 months starting in January and am struggling to decide what is necessary to take. My trip starts during the summer season in Brazil and finishes in the very cold Chilean winter so it’s been a challenge. Any advise?

Comment on climbing mount olympus, greece by CG

CG — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:22:09 +0000

What is the rush? You can walk all the way from Litochoro to the summit via the gorge and it is really brilliant. There is much more to Olympus than the summits. My girlfirend and I did it in May carrying rucksacks and tents cold weather gear etc since we camped at the refuge. We started early just after dawn had a lengthy lunch and siesta after Prionia and got to the refuge around 19:30. Next day we did Mytikas which raised a certain amount of tension since there was a very steep snow field to cross above an avalanche chute itself leading to a lot of nothing (I am a little nervous of steep snow after a glacier fall a few years ago). The final approach to the summit is a scramble. It does not require any actual climbing moves but did have a lot of small loose scree on top of generally sound rock. If you take care not to slip on the loose it is not a problem. The worst place only really became apparent on the decent (we retraced our route up) and was not actually difficult but it was clear that a slip on the loose stuff would include a free flying lesson. For British readers I would say it is about as difficult as the Cullin ridge between Sgurr Dearg and its ajoining peaks either side (excluding the in pin) only shorter. We stayed at the refuge an extra night and spent the next day round the other side of the mountain which was great but many routes were closed by deep snow. A note on the snow. By May it is melting and in one gully it is perfect firm stuff you could cut steps in and the next knee deep slush. We didn’t take axes and crampons which by chance was ok since the snow was too soft and slushy in the places I really would have wanted them. Two weeks before and I bet they were essential. All in all a great trip and all it takes is a long weekend.

Comment on photographic highlights by jerome

jerome — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:45:25 +0000

you owe that camel rider backsheesh!

Comment on photographic highlights by Lifecruiser

Lifecruiser — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:50:35 +0000

Those are some awesome, awesome photos. Must have been such a fantastic trip! Though I do freeze when I see that you’ve gone swimming in the fjord in Norway. We’ve just come home from a short trip to Norway to visit friends there, but we only saw Oslofjorden and Drammenfjorden. The others will have to wait til another year….

Comment on Back in Bondi by Lifecruiser

Lifecruiser — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:46:56 +0000

I always get problems to update my blog, whether or not I have my own comp with me. Actually, one should not blog that much during the trip - it takes time from the enjoying of the trip itself

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