Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Weekend Escape

the clouds (not only cool looking) were a welcome rest from the hot greek sun.
thomas shaking out on the long pitch.

thistle over litohoro

kind of reminds me of yosemite

it is a long way up . . . wait down?

so, the weather is good, school is stressful, and the rock is dry. what to do, what to do? well, last weekend i went with my climbing partner and good friend thomas to a multipitch just below olympos called zilnia. the trip was awesome and better yet, very cheap. we were able to stay with a professional runner who lives in the village close by, litohoro. his name is alex and he regularly makes the run from the village up to the highest shelter on olympos. he has won the olympos marathon like four times; super cool guy and we thank him for his hospitality. The picture of me was taken by thomas about 150 meters off the deck so thanks.





2 comments:

Adam said...

Hey bro! Nice pics... looks like a fun time for sure. Is that one shot of the "Yosemite cliff" the face you guys climbed? What else is new?

Karen and Pat said...

Hey Ian - great pictures. 2 climbing weekends in a row! It was nice to talk to you yesterday. This time next month we will be at your apartment! by the way - we leave here on the 14th but won't be there till the
15th - so will only get to school with you on the 16th. See you soon!