backpacking
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Turkiye. Liman Reis – Çatalkaya – Liman Reis.
Chatalkaya in Turkish means “forked rock”. I visited this mountain in November when the weather was beautiful. I offered my friend to repeat the hike. The forecast was convenient – the rain in the evening only. But we forget wise local proverb: “Don’t believe Izmir’s girls and Izmir’s weather”. Closer to the mountain we met…
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Turkiye. Balchova hills.
I got some hikes in March alone in Balchova hills. They are comfortable because you can reach the starting point by metro! So I did it every Sunday.Balchova dam about 15km wikiloc Behzattepe(~700m) – Manastır about 19km wikilocKorutürk – Karabelen(~1000m) about 25km wikilocManastir about 21km wikiloc
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Turkiye. Yenikoy – Yeni Focha. Strawberry trip.
Have you ever seen strawberry on the trees? This tasty berry exists! There are a lot of trees in the mountains with ripe berries and it’s impossible to pass by 😜 It was a light hike with idadik club. Before the lunch we went by forest roads to the top of the small mountain. After…
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Turkiye. Kavaklidere – Nazarkoy.
It was a hike with idadik club again. The weather was partly rainy, mostly cloudy. We were near Nif mt. but our guide didn’t lead us to the mountain. The plan was to move from one village to another. Stones are wet and the path was challenging sometimes. The total distance was about 22 km…
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Turkiye. Mahmut mt. (1373m)
It was a hike with idadik club. Our guide wasn’t young, but his speed was very high. Thanks god most of the members were prepared because guide led us by goat tracks 😜There is golden autumn in the mountains. The trees are in different colours. Very vivid. The total distance was about 12 km and…
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Turkiye. Liman Reis – Çatalkaya – Narlıdere.
Chatalkaya in Turkish means “forked rock”. Chatalkaya Mt. has two summits connected with a pass. The company of soulmates decided to visit this interesting mountain. The weather was beautiful. The start point is close to the Izmir and could be reached with a bus. The conditions are ideal. We went without rushing and enjoyed views.…
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Turkiye. Bozdağ (2159m).
Once I was tired from boring tracks from clubs. I offered to my friend to organise a trip by ourselves. A trip which won’t be offered by a club because “it’s too difficult” for simple hikers without license. We offered a trip to other friends, but all was busy. A usual $-). Our aim is…
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Turkiye. Sarnıç – Kaynak – Gürle
This track was in a group of people under a guidance of touristic club Izdak. It was the light walk without challenge. The weather was fresh and perfect for the hiking. Our path was along the canyon. Some views where nice but we couldn’t see a lot from the bottom of the valley and hi…
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Turkiye. Kösedere – Akdağ Summit – Kösedere
This track was in a group of people with a guide from a touristic club. The team was perfect, the weather was fine, but we didn’t reach the summit! The path disappeared sometimes, and the bushes were difficult to walk through. Sometimes we had to climb the stone curves. The guid was unprepared. He didn’t…
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Turkiye. Kızılca – Keldağ – Lübbey köyü. Creepy village.
Challenging track to the mountain about 12km and visit to the abandoned village. wikiloc
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