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Thanks KV, I note well about a few hours in the rising sun on the back of the legs - plenty of sunscreen for me!
I guess the monotony of the relentless climb up the grade is something I'll have to bear; "Because it's there"
What do you think, 4 hours up for an old man like me?

Hi Simon, Thanks for the photo link - how lucky for me that Jeans got such a recent picture! It looks less snowy than I was imagining, and, as you say, another 2/3 weeks to go yet. I may just go with the ridge both up and down, as those gullys on the steeper bits of the re-entrant look a bit slippy!...

Entschuldigung, ich habe Google zum Übersetzen verwendet, also zweifellos Unsinn :) Wird am 13. Mai auf Kreta ankommen und, wenn der Bus zu spät (16:00?) nach Sfakia fährt, versuchen, Niato an diesem Tag von Ammoudari aus zu erreichen. Plan A für den 14. Platz ist der Gipfel von Kastro, also kann do...

Thanks for the confirmation Simon and KV, I like to think my route finding can follow the logical lay of the land, but some markers are more comforting :) And a good reminder about sunblock ... I don't usually take any (from a gram counting/ultralight leaning), but this'll be my first full day there...

Planning to use the old E4 route for the initial part of a Kastro ascent in May.
Can anyone confirm if the old E4 poles/markings are still there please?
Many thanks,
Jon

I got a good nights sleep, as the breeze and I guess the altitude kept flying things to a minimum and the next morning, after further appreciation of the views and solitude, I went in search of a trail to Kakos Poros, on the cliffs further west. The anavasi maps show an indistinct trail between the ...

I posted an excerpt from this on the Coastal E4 Agia Roumeli to Sougia thread .... and if anyone wants to read it, this is the full version of my trip last year. Apologies again for posting in english, I am, like most of my countrymen, monolingual .... and I'll leave google translate to you if you w...