Hello From Greece!
HELLO.MY NAME IS DIMOSTHENIS AND I AM FROM GREECE.YOU ARE A UNIQUE PERSON WHO IS GORGEOUS AND COURAGEOUS AT THE SAME TIME.CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR LIFE UNTIL NOW.
I ENCLOSE YOU 2 PHOTOS WITH SOME ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN GREECE THAT WE CALL IT METEORA.THEY ARE PERFECT FOR SOLOING.
HOPE TO SEE YOU IN GREECE SOMEDAY.
BEST REGARDS
DIMOSTHENIS-HELLAS(GREECE)
Dear Dimosthenis,
I am half Greek (on my mother’s side–family names of Zaphiriou and Kimpretis).
These amazing pictures make me want to visit Greece even more than before! Meteora is unbelievably beautiful.
I wonder if you can jump from those cliffs too?
🙂 Steph
Hm…, errr…, I don’t know if Meteora rock is perfect for soloing, rock is not that solid…, but there are some BASE jumps from Alyssos Rock by a Salomon team about 3 years ago. I think this is a part of a Salomon BASE jump video.
The type of rock is unique and quite different from other climbing areas of Greece. The rock is mainly pebbles, stones, gravel and frail sandstone. Hundreds of big and small pebbles are all joined together in an integrated mass creating these pillars, which are as 300 meters high. The main routes are usually cleaned and steady, while one has to be careful to stay on course, to avoid non-stable stones and surprises!
As for base-jumping, with my limited knowledge to the sport I think it is a great place to jump. Bare in mind that it is forbidden to climb to the towers on which Monasteries exist so I guess the same rule will apply for base-jumping as well..
Yep, I am afraid I will have to agree with teo, Meteora is
not the best for soloing…:) And base jumping… it has already started to
conflict between the church and jumpers… it’s a pity…but what can you do?
oh dear 🙁 i hope it works out–respect is the most important thing.
Even though the conglomerate is a bit tricky, Meteora is a magical, mythical place to climb and should be on top on your tick list if you ever come to Greece, right above Kalymnos!
Cool to hear of your Greek ancestry, the spinach triangles gave you away…
P.S. Sad to report that Teo was killed on the descent from Matterhorn, having climbed the North Face 🙁
oloi elines eiste ti grafete aglika den katalava akoma