Dad hikes to the summit of Dumanli, 4th Feb, 07.

To quote from an e-mail:

Here are a couple of shots of Babadag that I took today while hiking up Dumanli Dag. I had a five hour walk finding my way through the maquis and forest. Got to over 1600 metres on to the ridge that leads to the top. The snow started at 1450 metres, but only scattered and on the tree tops. Was scrambling up snow covered rocks for the last 100metres. On the way down my GPS lead me astray. I had checked it out a couple of days ago by taking a reading at the end of Kalkan pier and it was spot on (tested on Google Earth). But today it was wildly out. Consequently I went the long way round, so to speak, on the way back. I had quite a battle in the end to make it before the sun went down. I had to fight my way directly through the maquis (the thorny scrub) rather than trying to find paths through it. I would choose a tree and fight my way to it, and then on to the next. Almost impenetrable. So lots of scratches to say the least, but it worked. ...I started out from a point at the top of Islamlar valley. It's amazing to think that you and Annie have paraglided off the top of this mountain! Alan Pimm-Smith

Shots of Baba Dag from Dumanli Dag - APS