Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteora is a complex of imposing dark rocks, rising over the settlements of Kalampaka and the picturesque Kastraki village, on the ...

Meteora, Greece, is where nature’s grandeur meets human ingenuity — towering sandstone pillars crowned with centuries-old monasteries and laced with climbing routes. Once scaled by monks with ladders ...

Vangelis Galanis has made a rope solo first ascent of a new multipitch rock climb on Kapelo Peak in Meteora, Greece. The route is dedicated to Dietrich Hasse, the German climber who pioneered rock ...

Against the backdrop of the Meteora rocks, a unique custom unfolds every year on the feast day of Saint George in Kastraki, ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

Meteora means "suspended in the air" and this place of worship gave its name to the entire region. Abseiling the Great Saint: The sandstone peaks have become a hot destination for rock climbers and ...

A climber’s paradise in Meteora With around 900 multi-pitch climbing routes, Meteora is a global climbing hub. Its unique rock texture demands technique over brute strength, and history runs deep—from ...