{"id":409,"date":"2015-04-28T09:50:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T13:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/?page_id=409"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:31:30","slug":"mt-olympos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/mt-olympos\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Olympos"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"409\" class=\"elementor elementor-409 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7hxkkwb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7hxkkwb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ireuqjx\" data-id=\"ireuqjx\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-i3dtom2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"i3dtom2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1938: Mt. Olympos is named a National Park (the 1st of 10 such areas).\n1981: UNESCO declares it a &#8220;Biosphere Reserve.&#8221;\n1995: Jill Peterson and Janice Siegel scale its heights.\n\nFor a full screen picture, click on each individual photo as it appears below with our story or go directly to the photo portfolio from here to begin your virtual climb up the highest mountain in Greece, known in antiquity as the home of the gods.\n\nIt is unfortunate that we didn&#8217;t also document the pre-climb portion of the trip with pictures. There was the family of gypsies who serenaded us on the six-hour train ride from Athens. And the look of surprise on the conductor&#8217;s face when we told him we planned to disembark at Litochoro, the picturesque village in Olympos&#8217; foothills. I&#8217;ll never forget the vision of the faces of all those passengers peering out at us from the windows as we two disembarked at a station closed and deserted, and the train chugged off leaving us alone in the middle of nowhere. The best was our first night&#8217;s accomodations: the kitchen floor of the youth hostel manager&#8217;s private home since there was not a room to be found anywhere in Litochoro. No, we didn&#8217;t take pictures of any of that, but here are the ones we did take, along with our story&#8230;\n\nAt our trail&#8217;s beginning, we were vastly amused by these international signs prohibiting wild-flower picking, campfire- building and &#8230; butterfly- catching?! But we were sure glad that these beautiful butterflies were protected once we reached the summit the next day, where they could be seen flitting about freely&#8230;\n\nFor the first few hours, we walked through your basic forest landscape: gently upward-sloping paths soft with pine-needles fallen from the surrounding trees, a great pine aroma, and little furry creatures jumping in and out of view.\nSuddenly we heard bells clanking and a heavy tread. Along the narrow path came a caravan of donkeys with their cheerful guide on their way down the mountain for supplies. We scrambled up on the cliffside, just barely getting out of the way in time, or we would surely have been run over. With a hearty &#8220;Yasu!&#8221; the guide led his charges downward . . . while a trusty sheepdog brought up the rear, urging on the stragglers.\n\nPetrostrounga is a sheepfold that we passed through about halfway on our journey to the summit (it is 2000 meters above sea-level). Here we met a Greek couple who showed us how to pick Mt. Olympos tea leaves, co-exist peacefully with sheepdogs, and most importantly, find our way up the mountain during the thunderstorm we were about to encounter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0tdmht elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0tdmht\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other sites along the way up:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gnlpb2n elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"gnlpb2n\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This photo was taken moments before we got caught in that terrific downpour and features the couple we met earlier. As the encroaching clouds on either side of the ridge enveloped us, we relied on the sound of our Greek friend&#8217;s whistle to guide us along the barely visible, flooded path which zigzagged its way up this ridge and down the next, and the next after that&#8230; What are you supposed to do if it starts lightning when you are above the tree line on Mt. Olympos?\n\nWe learned the hard way that Homer&#8217;s genius was indeed due to his creativity and artistry and that his poem is not meant to be a reflection of reality! (And that he had never climbed Mt. Olympos . . .)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2rm450c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2rm450c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Olympus, the reputed seat\nEternal of the gods, which never storms\nDisturb, rains drench, or snow invades, but calm\nThe expanse and cloudless shines with purest day.\"\n(Homer, Odyssey 6.41-46; trans: William Cowper 1791)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-czfplds elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"czfplds\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What joy flooded through my heart as we trudged over this ridge and saw the beautiful lodge waiting in a burst of sunshine for us after our travails! After our seven-hour mountain hike, I couldn&#8217;t wait to get out of my wet clothes, warm up, sit down. How painful it was to find it closed and deserted&#8230;to know that we had to keep going into the clouds beyond it&#8230;\n\nOur destination was the SEO lodge (the highest refuge in the Balkans) majestically nestled in the Valley of the Muses among the eight peaks of Olympos (the lodge is in the middle of the picture &#8211; we snapped it the next day from Mt. Skolio, one of the peaks). Its outdoor Turkish toilet, minimally stocked kitchen and tiny but toasty fireplace met our most basic needs, but the deep down warmth we really sought came from that bottle of Cretan retsina we had lugged up the mountain . . . after all, Zeus may have been born on Crete, but he was Lord of Olympos!\n\nUp at dawn and thrilled at the site. The air glowed around rosy-fingered-colored Mt. Stefani (locally known as the &#8220;Throne of Zeus&#8221;) right outside the lodge. The sheer rockface of Stefani cannot be climbed without special equipment. After a quick breakfast, we set out for the heights of Olympos..\n\nFor several hours we followed a circuitous route along the bases of several of the peaks, almost losing our way a few times. The grade was steep, the surface slippery with broken shale. Whoever was in front stiffened at the sound of a mini rock-slide behind, and the affirmative response to the occasional &#8220;Are you all right?&#8221; was always awaited with held breath. As we neared the actual peaks, the path ceased to exist, and we scrambled up any way our feet could find purchase. Just one false step&#8230;thank goodness it wasn&#8217;t until after we returned home that I read in a guide book that &#8220;Mt. Olympos has claimed its share of lives&#8230;&#8221;\n\nMytikas, the highest of the eight peaks of Mt. Olympos at 2917 meters, as seen from our perch atop Mt. Skolio, a mere 5 meters lower. The path shown here is called Kaki Skala, or the &#8220;Rotten Staircase.&#8221; We were warned by the Greeks who stayed overnight at SEO not to attempt to climb this most dangerous of peaks on this cloudy day, for cloud cover moves in so swiftly that climbers can lose sight of their own feet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ujdo80x elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ujdo80x\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other sites among the peaks:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2i9t21i elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2i9t21i\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At midday, we descended via a different path and reached Refuge A in just two hours or so, where we had reservations for our second night on the mountain. The next morning we walked for several hours until we reached Priyonia, a restaurant\/parking lot for day-trippers. There we gratefully accepted a ride from the local baker, hopped the bus from Litochoro to the National Road, and in a mad dash caught the last train out to Athens.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f3yor elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1f3yor\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sites along the way down:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qsl82e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"qsl82e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Photos from the climb<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dnd1mg1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dnd1mg1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/titlepageMID.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1770\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54pg0fn elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54pg0fn\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/signBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1771\" alt=\"Mt. 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Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-m15f956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"m15f956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/forestBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1773\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/forestBIG.jpg 601w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/forestBIG-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/forestBIG-230x161.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/forestBIG-350x246.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/forestBIG-480x337.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9nonevo elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9nonevo\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/donkeys2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1774\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9tk2nnt elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9tk2nnt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/donkeysBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1775\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/donkeysBIG.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/donkeysBIG-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/donkeysBIG-230x341.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0yc7gqx elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0yc7gqx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/sheepfoldBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1776\" alt=\"Mt. 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Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c2ekt elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21c2ekt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"72\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/me2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1778\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ibl28n elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ibl28n\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"66\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/treeline.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1779\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xe8anj2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"xe8anj2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/treeline2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1780\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-t5y80ny elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"t5y80ny\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/shale.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1781\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ezgojlj elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ezgojlj\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/dropoff.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1782\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-860ohad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"860ohad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/snow.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1783\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-sbsnmyp elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"sbsnmyp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/chasm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1784\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5yh22e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5yh22e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/sitting.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1785\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-g0fzzyh elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"g0fzzyh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/ridgeBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1786\" alt=\"Mt. 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Olympos climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/wronglodgeBIG.jpg 598w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/wronglodgeBIG-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/wronglodgeBIG-230x149.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/wronglodgeBIG-350x227.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/wronglodgeBIG-480x311.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fwgctgw elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fwgctgw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/seoBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1788\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/seoBIG.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/seoBIG-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/seoBIG-230x155.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/seoBIG-350x236.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/seoBIG-480x323.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-904iifd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"904iifd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/stefaniBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1789\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/stefaniBIG.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/stefaniBIG-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/stefaniBIG-230x150.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/stefaniBIG-350x228.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/stefaniBIG-480x312.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2um8h90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2um8h90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/slopeBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1790\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/slopeBIG.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/slopeBIG-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/slopeBIG-230x349.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wfs4gu7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"wfs4gu7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/mytikasBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1791\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/mytikasBIG.jpg 601w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/mytikasBIG-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/mytikasBIG-230x150.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/mytikasBIG-350x228.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/mytikasBIG-480x312.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-h4swetz elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"h4swetz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/folds.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1792\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58u08d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58u08d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/folds2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1793\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-kwx3xa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"kwx3xa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/mytikasclouds.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1794\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ga7y28r elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ga7y28r\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/mytikasclouds2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1795\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5w8heuq elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5w8heuq\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/antonios.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1796\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dlfahym elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dlfahym\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/jill.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1797\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26bya6t elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26bya6t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/me.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1798\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7tyfde6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7tyfde6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/sunsetBIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1799\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/sunsetBIG.jpg 588w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/sunsetBIG-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/sunsetBIG-230x151.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/sunsetBIG-350x230.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/sunsetBIG-480x315.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20nrp22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20nrp22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/down1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1800\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-juz73x9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"juz73x9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"68\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/down4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1801\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xfflbba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"xfflbba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/down2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1802\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cn3bb15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cn3bb15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"68\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/down3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1803\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-j6awjwl elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"j6awjwl\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"68\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/down5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1804\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mhd5ctv elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"mhd5ctv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/below.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1805\" alt=\"Mt. Olympos climb\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-955w8i5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"955w8i5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1938: Mt. Olympos is named a National Park (the 1st of 10 such areas). 1981: UNESCO declares it a &#8220;Biosphere Reserve.&#8221; 1995: Jill Peterson and Janice Siegel scale its heights. For a full screen picture, click on each individual photo as it appears below with our story or go directly to the photo portfolio from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":405,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1806,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409\/revisions\/1806"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}