Spring skiing in Karpenissi, Greece. Another winter ski season in Greece comes to an end. It was a good season, with almost 5 months of continuous fun on the snow. Most of my winter was spent in Crete. As you may already be aware, I’ve been working on the next Frozen Ambrosia film, set entirely in Crete. The conditions on the island were more difficult than the rest of Greece. Nevertheless a great film is coming together and with some luck should be ready by next winter.
On the path to success there are no shortcuts, in life and on the mountain. The weather patterns in Crete this season have been extremely difficult for filming a movie with ski mountaineering scenes. Winds have been blowing consistently from the southwest. Snowfall has been less than average and sunny days with clear views of the sea have been rare. Nevertheless, we’re staying put. The plan is to make a movie in Crete and a movie in Crete we shall make. As the expression says in Greek, “Ο καλός ο καπετάνιος στη φουρτούνα Continue reading Powder on Psiloritis
Mount Erymanthos is only 25km south Patras, the largest city of the Peloponnisos, and overall Greece’s third largest city. Despite its proximity to the urban core, Erymanthos is one of the most remote feeling mountains in the country. In ancient times the mountain was believed to be a sacred haunt of the goddess Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. It was also believe that a giant and ferocious wild boar roamed the grassy slopes of the mountain. The legend is that the great hero Hercules was sent here to tame and capture the wild boar, one part of his twelve labors. Hiking in Erymanthos one can easily imagine the mythology of this ancient hunt. The grassy slopes and fields beneath the two summits of Olonos and Mouggila are prime habitat for the wild pig. Today, however, we visit the the mountain searching for a different kind of prey.
