Panorama Photo

Modaki is a little but truly nice cone close to the Katsiveli hut. Although barely noticeable from the surrounding summits, it may with right be considered the centre of the Lefka Ori.
I climbed it after a night spent behind a wind-shield made of stones on the top of Pachnes. In that place, against the force of the wind it was hard even to stand, let alone to take shots, even worse if panoramic. By the way, I tried out something, and in some future I will seek the time to check what has come out...
I post the present 360 degree view setting only those names that I am to a certain extent sure to be correct. The description will be refined afterwards, with the help of some experts of the Alpine Club of Chania, who now are very busy with guiding summer tourists.
The topography of those mountains is so tricky that even local connaisseurs need to cooperate in order to achieve a reliable result!
I had learnt the name Modaki just the evening before, from a shepherd in the Katsiveli plain who was refreshing his katsouna (stick) at one of the few sources of the region. Actually, the six people that I met during the two-day trip which brought me from Xyloskalo to Pachnes and Modaki, were all either local shepherds or collectors of herbs for the preparation of Greek tea. At the same time, every morning a crowd of tourists of the order of 1000-1500 units head down from Xiloskalo through the Samaria gorge.
This pano is an obvious companion to 7018.