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爱琴海的珍珠 --- 希腊 皮划艇 信息收集

Paddling Magic in Greece

January 4, 2006 By canoekayakmag




image: https://www.canoekayak.com/files/2011/03/wpid-beach_sea_kayak_greece_cove.jpg


By Larry Rice

first appeared in Kayak Touring 2006


Paddling tandem through the deep blue Mediterranean swells, relaxed and in sync, my partner, Mara, and I abruptly spot a large reptilian shape floating near the surface. "Turtle! Turtle!" we shout together as the stealth figure dives. At the same time, a chorus of "Capsize! Capsize!" rises from the gaggle of sea kayaks 50 yards behind us. In the ensuing commotion, our leader, Rod Feldtmann, doesn't know where to look first.

"They'll sort themselves out," Rod says cheerfully, glancing back at the three Brits who've surrounded their boatless buddy, an experienced kayaker who's laughing at his own unexpected swim. "Now where was it you saw that turtle?" he wants to know as we continue our journey just offshore from the Greek island of Milos, a volcanic wonderland 100 miles south of Athens in the brilliantly clear Aegean Sea.



As we round the first headland, spectacular offshore rock formations begin to appear—grand arches, enticing tunnels, majestic spires—and such an abundance of alluring sea caves that we lose count.



Tanned, blue-eyed, and always barefoot, Rod looks about as Greek as Russell Crowe, with a Down Under accent to match. Raised in southeast Australia, he arrived on Milos in 1996, worked as an exploration geologist, fell in love with a Greek woman, met her extensive family, and got married in the local church. ("Ever see My Big Fat Greek Wedding?" he loves to ask. "Well, it was exactly like that. Even crazier—her parents didn't know English and I didn't know Greek."wink About the same time that he started his own family with his wife, Petrinela, he launched Sea Kayak Milos, one of only two sea-paddling operations based in Greece.

That's not a whole lot of competition for the 1,400-odd islands of the Greek archipelago, and on this golden, sun-drenched morning we feel like we have the entire Mediterranean to ourselves.


HOW TO GET THERE – TRIP DETAILS

Three million years of volcanic activity have created this horseshoe-shaped island, 60 square miles of soaring cliffs, secluded beaches, and miniature offshore islands virtually untouched by the rampant tourism that blights some of the other Greek islands.

As we round the first headland, spectacular offshore rock formations begin to appear—grand arches, enticing tunnels, majestic spires—and such an abundance of alluring sea caves that we lose count. The first is so narrow that we wonder how we'll get out, even if we all do manage to fit in. So Rod has us backpaddle in one at a time, seven solos and two tandems. Any initial claustrophobia quickly dissolves as we move deeper into one of the blue caves of Milos, so named because of the uncanny, luminous, almost neon blue light that permeates its otherwise inky interior. Even our gently rocking boats and slow-motion paddles seem to glow in the phosphorescent light. The effect is supernatural, almost mystical, and once we're all inside, no one speaks. As we paddle out, I can't help thinking, it's only our first hour on the water. What could top this?
Well, how about a sea cave so extravagant that in all my worldwide paddles, from the Arctic to Antarctica, I've never seen anything like it. A behemoth chamber 200 feet deep by 50 feet high is big enough that it could easily hold 100 kayaks and still seem spacious. Feeling puny, we bounce around in the darkness and gawk, mesmerized by the reflections of sea light on its Jackson Pollock ceiling: gorgeous mineralized splatters of deep purple, seaweed green, and sulfur yellow streaking down the rough-textured walls. Just as hypnotic is the eerie music of the active ocean—a low groaning, sucking sound—swishing in and out of the archlike portal.

Again I remind myself that our otherworldly experiences have just begun. We continue east along the northern coast and discover the almost-lunar landscape of Sarakiniko Beach, a sublime cove of calm turquoise sea surrounded not by sand but by mounds and sinkholes of pure white pumice rock, smooth enough for sunbathing.


Read more at https://www.canoekayak.com/travel/international/kayakgreece/#ASQ8pUvqCEmkS3i1.99

 
旧帖 2019-02-21 06:46:16
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24/12/2017
Kayaking in Greece: A guide
Why go kayaking in Greece? Greece has more than 2,000 islands, of which about 170 are inhabited; some of the easternmost Aegean islands lie just a few miles off the Turkish coast. Greece is bordered to the east by the Aegean Sea, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the west by the Ionian Sea. Only to the north and northeast does it have land borders.

The amount of islands itself is a good reason to go sea kayaking in Greece. Let’s have a detailed look about the whole islands in Greece to get an idea how they are more or less structured.
The islands of Greece
The Ionian Islands off the western coast of Greece structurally resemble the folded mountains of Ípeiros. Of the six main islands, Corfu (Modern Greek: Kérkyra), opposite the Albanian frontier, is the northernmost; it is fertile and amply endowed with well-watered lowland. The other islands, Paxoí (Paxos), Lefkáda (Leucas), Itháki (Ithaca), Kefalonía (Cephallenia), and Zákynthos (Zacynthus), lie farther south; lack of rainfall accentuates their gaunt, broken limestone relief, although Lefkáda and Zákynthos have sheltered eastern plains. A seventh island, Kýthira (Cythera), is grouped with the Ionian Islands for administrative purposes but is geographically discrete.
The Aegean islands, also exhibiting the characteristic land forms of the mainland, are situated in distinct clusters in the Aegean Sea, east of the Greek mainland. Greek islands in the Aegean Sea are particularly the Cyclades, Sporades, and Dodecanese groups. The Cyclades consist of about 30 islands. The Dodecanese, or Southern Sporades, include Kálimnos, Kárpathos, Cos, Léros, Pátmos, Rhodes, and Sími. The Sporades, or Northern Sporades, include Skyros, Skópelos, and Skíathos.
Wild camping in remote beach, Greece
In the north, off Thráki (Thrace), lie Thásos, an oval block of ancient mineral rocks similar in composition to neighbouring blocks on the mainland, and harbourless Samothráki (Samothrace), an island of volcanic origin. Límnos (Lemnos), situated midway between Asia Minor and the Mount Athós peninsula, is almost cut in two by the northern Pourniás Bay and the deep southern harbour afforded by the Bay of Moúdros (Moúdhrou).
To the southeast the rocky but sheltered islands of Lésbos (Lésvos), Chíos (Khíos), and Sámos lie close to the Turkish coast and are extensions of peninsulas on the coast of Asia Minor. Across the central Aegean, near northern Évvoia, lie the Northern Sporades (“Scattered Islands”); their crystalline rocks are similar to those of the Greek mainland. Farther south, in the heart of the Aegean, lie the Kykládes (Cyclades; “Islands in a Circle”). These roughly centre on Dílos (Delos) and represent the tips of drowned mountain ridges continuing the structural trends of Évvoia and the region around Athens.
Between the Kykládes and the Turkish coast, Dodekánisa (the Dodecanese group), of which Ródos (Rhodes) is the largest of a dozen major islands, has a varied geologic structure ranging from the gray limestones of Kálymnos (Kálimnos), Sými (Sími), and Chálki to the complete ancient volcanic cone that forms Nísuros (Nísiros).
There is always an empty beach no matter the season
Finally, the long narrow shape of Crete stands to the south at the entrance of the Aegean and is the most popular destination for experienced paddlers that want to enjoy sea kayaking expeditions in Greece. With an area of 3,190 square miles (8,262 square km), it is by far the largest of the Aegean islands and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean. Crete is geologically linked to the south and west of mainland Greece. Its rugged, deeply ravined, asymmetrical limestone massif, falling steeply to the south, from a distance resembles four separate islands: the westernmost Lefká (Levká) Mountains; the central Psíloreítis (Ídi) Mountains, with Crete’s highest point, the summit of Mount Psíloreítis, called Timios Stavrós, 8,058 feet (2,456 metres) high; the east-central Díkti Mountains; and the far eastern Tryptí (Thriptís) Mountains. Another range, the Asteroúsia (Kófinas) Mountains, runs along the south-central coast between the Mesarás Plain and the Libyan Sea. Of Crete’s 650 miles (1,050 km) of rocky coastline, it is the more gradual slope on the northern side of the island that provides several natural harbours and coastal plains. Crete is the best island for sea kayaking in Greece as it is the only one where you can do long expeditions (1024 km of coastline) guided or self guided with wild camping all year long, either in the westsouthnorth or eastern Crete. Bare in mind that from the whole islands in Greece, Karpathos, Kasos, Kythira, Antikithira and Crete are the roughest and you need to be at 4* level or higher to enjoy the coast.
Sporades islands
What to expect from the weather while sea kayaking in Greece?
The Mediterranean climate of Greece is subject to a number of regional and local variations based on the country’s physical diversity. In winter the belt of low-pressure disturbances moving in from the North Atlantic Ocean shifts southward, bringing with it warm, moist, westerly winds. As the low-pressure areas enter the Aegean region, they may draw in cold air from those eastern regions of the Balkans that, sheltered by the Dinaric mountain system from western influences, are open to climatic extremes emanating from the heart of Eurasia. This icy wind is known as the boreas. Partly as a result, Thessaloníki (Salonika; Thessalonica) has an average January temperature in the low 40s F (about 6 °C), while in Athens it is in the low 50s F (about 10 °C), and in Iráklieo (Candia) on Crete it is in the low to mid-50s F (about 12 °C). Occasionally the warmer sirocco (shilok) winds are drawn in from the south. The western climatic influences bring plenty of precipitation to the Ionian coast and the mountains behind it; winter rain starts early, and snow lingers into spring. On Corfu, January temperatures average in the low 50s F (10 °C), and the island’s average annual precipitation is about 52 inches (1,320 mm), compared with that on Crete of about 25 inches (640 mm) and that at Athens of about 16 inches (400 mm). Few populated areas have lasting snowfalls, but snow is commonly found on the highest peaks.
The highest wave in Greece is been reported in south west Crete, 5.5 meters!
In summer kayaking in Greece is at its best, when the low-pressure belt swings away again, the climate is hot and dry almost everywhere. The average July sea-level temperature approaches 80 °F (27 °C), although heat waves can push the temperature well above 100 °F (38 °C) for a day or so. Topography is again a modifying factor: the interior northern mountains continue to experience some precipitation, while along the winding coast the afternoon heat is eased slightly by sea breezes. In other regions, such as Crete, the hot, dry summers are accentuated by the parching meltemi, or etesian winds, which become drier as they are drawn southward.
Last but not least there is a forum for kayaking in Greece at www.sea-kayak.gr where you can post your questions if any. Many paddlers from all over the country are there and you will get most of the times the answer that you might looking for. It is mainly in Greek but there is an English speaking forum as well.
 
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kurtyang04 离线 kurtyang04 穿过深蓝色的地中海海浪,轻松而同步地划桨,我的伴侣玛拉和我突然发现漂浮在表面附近的大型爬行动物形状。 “龟!龟!” 当隐形人物潜水时,我们一起喊叫。 同时,合唱“倾覆!倾覆!” 从我们身后50码的海上皮划艇群中升起。 在随后的骚动中,我们的领导人Rod Feldtmann不知道在哪里先看。

“他们会把自己整理出来,”罗德兴高采烈地说,回头看看三个英国人,他们围绕着他们的无船伙伴,一个经验丰富的皮划艇运动员正嘲笑他自己的意外游泳。 “你现在在哪里看到那只乌龟?” 他想知道我们继续从希腊米洛斯岛离岸旅程,这是一个火山仙境,位于雅典以南100英里的明亮的爱琴海。
 
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kurtyang04 离线 kurtyang04 24/12/2017
皮划艇在希腊:指南
为什么要在希腊划皮划艇?希腊有2000多个岛屿,其中约170个有人居住;一些最东端的爱琴海岛屿距离土耳其海岸仅几英里。希腊东边与爱琴海接壤,南边与地中海接壤,西边与爱奥尼亚海接壤。只有北部和东北部才有陆地边界。

岛屿本身的数量是在希腊进行海上皮划艇的一个很好的理由。让我们详细了解希腊的整个岛屿,了解它们的结构或多或少。
希腊的岛屿
希腊西海岸的爱奥尼亚群岛在结构上类似于Ípeiros的折叠山脉。在六个主要岛屿中,位于阿尔巴尼亚边境对面的科孚岛(现代希腊语:Kérkyra)位于最北端;它是肥沃的,并且充足地被赋予了充足的低地。其他岛屿,Paxoí(Paxos),Lefkáda(Leucas),Itháki(伊萨卡),Kefalonía(Cephallenia)和Zákynthos(Zacynthus),位于更远的南方;尽管Lefkáda和Zákynthos已经庇护东部平原,但是缺乏降雨加剧了他们憔悴,破碎的石灰岩浮雕。第七岛Kýthira(Cythera)与爱奥尼亚群岛一起用于行政目的,但在地理上是离散的。
爱琴海岛屿也呈现出大陆特有的陆地形态,位于希腊大陆以东的爱琴海中。爱琴海的希腊岛屿尤其是基克拉泽斯群岛,斯波拉德群岛和多德卡尼斯群岛。基克拉迪群岛约有30个岛屿。多德卡尼斯群岛或南部的Sporades包括Kálimnos,Kárpathos,Cos,Léros,Pátmos,Rhodes和Sími。 Sporades或Northern Sporades包括Skyros,Skópelos和Skíathos。
 
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