Mount Pendeli
(Northern Athens)
Run 1670 (Sunday 6th December 2009)
Hare: Black Mamba  
                        
  Photographers: Mad Dog & Prickly Bush 
NOTE: Use the horizontal scroll bar (bottom of screen) to view the panoramic photos.
- T H E T R A I L -
The lat/lon coordinates of the starting point 
    & circle:  38° 5'10.69"N,  23°51'55.27"E     
    
    Altitude: 732 metres above sea level
Trail 
  cartographic Length = 6.62 km
  

Signpost to the Saint Pandeleimon monastery on Mount Pendeli 
    (pande = always & leimon = charitable) 
    An order of charitable monks. 
  

The Monastery (from 1.2 km)
 
The trail (from 3 km)
 
The trail (from 13km)

Altitude (or elevation) profile of the trail
- B E F O R E T H E R U N -

Black Mamba the hare

GM Mad Dog

Brass monkeys

Run 1670 Hashers
- T H E R U N -

The runners are away (going up the path shown on the first satellite picture)

Looking back
 
The hare stands by his check

Panoramic view looking back. 
  Notice the Walkers and behind them the Monastery on the right

Absolut and Neil

On Up into the clouds
 
Interesting rock formation
 
Telephoto (zoomed) view of the monastery

Misty, damp & windy!
 
A large antenna array in the mist
 
Returning from a falsie at the large white cross and small chapel.
 
Going down the other side of the mountain.
  Dionysos below and Marathon Lake in the distance.
 
The sea can been seen in the distance.
 
A chapel on the mountainside.
  Black Mamba poses with Barbara.

Mad Dog having a bad hair day (the windswept look)
 
Zak follows Mountain Goat through the bushes
 
The hashers follow a path up through more prickly gorse bushes

Another Panoramic view
  
Up through more bushes.
  Black Mamba & Mountain Goat look down in amusement.

Panoramic view
  Notice the runners on the right.
 
On Up!
  Mountain Goat nimbly climbs over the rocks.
 
Comin' round the mountain!
 
More scratchy shiggy.
 
A narrow path
 
Now for some jolly puddles...
 
Nicely avoided!
 
This looks fun

Panoramic view with Mount Immitos in the distance:
  Heading back towards the monastery.

Finally!

Absolut, Neil and Black Mamba wet and weary

Back at the monastery - the walkers have been enjoying the monk's hospitality & stuffing themselves with cakes.

Barbara and Mad Dog sort out the world
- T H E C I R C L E -

The hare's DIO

Kum Kwik and ....

Barbara fly for Mad Dog and Black Mamba
 
After the short circle the hashers start to leave (cold & wet but well exercised).
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