In Greece, my family and I climbed Mount Olympus. Our plan was to hike halfway and spend the night at a refuge, and then the next day climb to the top and explore the peaks, and the next day, hike home. There was such a big climate change while we were hiking. It was interesting how at the starting of the hike, we were wearing shorts and t-shirts, but by the time we got to the refuge we were wearing sweatpants and winter jackets. My favorite part about hiking Mount Olympus was hiking the peaks. There were a lot of pretty views at the top.

There are four peaks on Mount Olympus. They are Mytikas, Skala, Skolio and Stefani. Mytikas is the highest peak of Mount Olympus. My family and I hiked Skala, and we attempted to hike Mytikas but by the time we were half way through hiking it, it started thundering and lightning so we decided to hike back to the refuge. One feeling that kept occurring during the hike was fear. I kept thinking about all of the things that could go wrong. What if it got to dark to hike any longer? What if we ran out of water? What if one of us fell and we couldn’t keep going? In a way, all of those fears helped me. During the hike, I learned how to keep going, and face my fears.  Overall, hiking Mount Olympus was an amazing experience.

On day two of hiking, after hiking to Skala we attempted to hike Mytikas. This picture is on the way to Mytikas. As you can see, there are rainclouds above us. This is right before it started raining and we decided to turn back. From Skala to Mytikas it is around 2 hours.

On day two of hiking, after we had hiked and slept at the refuge, we went to explore the peaks. The peak in this picture is Skala. This was the peak that we hiked to before we hiked to Mytikas. It was so cool to be above the clouds. From the refuge to Skala, it took around 2 hours.

This picture was taking on the first day of hiking, when we were hiking to the refuge. This is at the end of our journey, when we are all very tired. It took around 4 hours to get from the bottom to the refuge.