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Reaching the "Throne of Zeus" - Stefani at Mount Olympus (+2909m)

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• published: 03 Sep 2015
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Woke up about 7:15 by the lack of water. Woke up kalí (our dog) and went out for a coffee. We had breakfast at the refuge of Spilios Agapitos and after then we took the path to reach Skala, one of the tops of Mount Olympus. Followed the E4 path up to Skala, a path of climbing in medium to hard level for 2 hours. Took us a bit longer because all the hikers that were passing by, had to greet our dog. As we reached Skala I went directly to climb Mitikas, the tallest peak of Mount Olympus. Heading down from Skala proved a bit trickier than in though as I lost my path. Nevertheless when I though I had found my way to climb Mitikas I realized I was wrong. I started to flow some yellow dots with blue inside until the started to become yellow with green. I imagined, and there I was wrong, that the sun and weather conditions had turn the blue go green. That mistake lead me to climb Stefani, another peak, a bit lower in altitude, but much steeper, dangerous and deadlier. I went up without any knowledge of this, still believing I would reach Mitikas. After about 300m+ climbing on steep rock, was that I started to realize that Mitikas was only on my left. Nevertheless I went up to explore. Later would I know that this was extremely dangerous and I needed equipment. The view was gorgeous and I could get some nice shots of the back of Mitikas. Just to explain it was the time of my life when I say; "Things for serious, turn off the action cam and focus". I knew the risk then. I went higher to the last peek of Stefani. Stefani is at 2909m and is called the Throne of Zeus. Well the name justifies it. Going back was not easy as well but me being 62kg and well trained made that easier and much quicker than going up. After i was down, I started seeing the blue dots again. Then I realized that they led to Mitikas. Yes. I was totally now thinking going up to Mitikas. And there I was after 30 mins or less. At the top of Mount Olympus. 2919m higher than the see level you could see the whole Greece if you had great eyes. The view was breathtaking. Signed the guestbook and went off because I had not time as I was 40 mins late and we had to go down as well with final destination Plaka Olimpios Zeus camping to chill.