Trekking in Greece. Tim Salmon
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TREKKING IN GREECE
THE PELOPONNESE AND PÍNDOS WAY
by Tim Salmon and Michael Cullen
JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,
OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL
About the Authors
Tim Salmon first visited Greece in 1958. He has lived and worked in the country, visited countless times, written and translated books and articles, and made a film about shepherd life for Greek TV.
Michael Cullen was brought up in Greece and, after university, set up a trekking business there. He spent the 1990s leading hikes throughout the country, before moving to the UK, where he now runs a travel website.
© Tim Salmon and Michael Cullen 2018
Third edition 2018
ISBN 978 1 85284 968 9
Second edition 2006 The Mountains of Greece
First edition 1986
Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the authors unless otherwise stated.
Contains OpenStreetMap.org data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA. NASA relief data courtesy of ESRI
Acknowledgements
I would particularly like to thank Penelope Matsoúka and Ivy Adamakópoulos for all their help with maps and GPS problems, Florica Kyriakópoulos for helping to sponsor the book, Nicolas and Marie Chochoy for their stalwart work with saw and clippers, Bob Simpson for driving me around and doing his share of sawing, Ian Payne for teaching me how to use a GPS in the first place, Jane and Alan Laurie for lots of useful information gleaned from their epic walk across Greece, Vasílis Nasiákos for checking the Zagóri routes, Kóstas and Yióta Gantzoúdis for their kindness and advice in the Ágrafa, and countless other people who, for more than 40 years now, have directed me around these mountains, offered me hospitality, let me into their lives, dried my clothes and told me fascinating stories about exile in Tashkent, hand-to-hand fighting in the Korean war, encounters with bears and all sorts of other adventures that do not often come a Londoner’s way. And, far from least, I would like to thank my co-author Michael for joining this great project to promote the wonderful mountains of Greece and promising to go on with it when I am finally put out to pasture in the Elysian Fields!
Tim Salmon
Thanks to Rolf Roost and Yiórgos Kanelópoulos for nobly maintaining the Peloponnese stretch of the E4 trail, and the accompanying website; to my brother Matthew for accompanying me, with unstinting patience and good humour, every step of the way from Dhiakoftó to Pantazí beach (not to mention all the variants, the backtracking and the dead ends); and to my family for taking up the slack while I was away, or beavering over maps and keyboards until the small hours.
Michael Cullen
Warning
Mountain walking can be a dangerous activity carrying a risk of personal injury or death. It should be undertaken only by those with a full understanding of the risks and with the training and experience to evaluate them. While every care and effort has been taken in the preparation of this guide, the user should be aware that conditions can be highly variable and can change quickly, materially affecting the seriousness of a mountain walk. Therefore, except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, neither Cicerone nor the author accept liability for damage of any nature (including damage to property, personal injury or death) arising directly or indirectly from the information in this book.
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Front cover: AsprÓrema gorge (Píndos Way, Stage 12)
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