Although the history of modern Canyoning in Greece began in the mid 80´s, the first reported explorations of Greek canyons date back to 1978. The first gorges descents came from the French canyoneers who quickly became the inspiration for the first Greek adventurers. They started to organize Greek canyons explorations at the beginning of the nineties. In 1996 a company of four climbers from Volos attempted the descent of canyon in Othris mountain of Magnesia, Central Greece region.
One member of the group was Giorgos Andreou which has become totally addressed by Canyoning and has since. Giorgos Andreou has been dealing with adventurous sports (mountaineering, speleology, MTB…) from 1986. He set up a big store of mountaineering equipment in Volos city and at the same time started to import equipment also for canyoning.
Giorgos continued visits to various canyons throughout Greece until 1999, when (affected by taking part in the faculty of leader canyoning) he finally decided to obtain Canyoning guide certification. The Greek professional Canyoning was born.
Up to 2010 the team around Giorgos Andreou has organized explorations of more than 110 Greek canyons. In 2003, it found the E.S.E.F aiming at the exploration of Greek canyons, the organization of faculties and the distribution of canyoning all over Greece. In 2007 they published the first book-guide of Greek canyons, with the canyons of central Greece and in 2008 with the canyons of Samothrace.
Giorgos Andreou always appreciates the work and the offer of his collaborators, he respects their opinions and he contributes in the development of these. His main targets for the coming yaers are the growth of Canyoning in the Northern Greece and the exploration of unknown gorges in the Ipeirous. Canyoning.gr plays a leading part in the development of canyoning in Greece. Its team passion for the new canyons exploration and guidance is the main guarantee of quality. Adrex.com recommends Canyoning.gr services as highly professional.
Contacts: Giorgos Andreou, Iasonos 105, Volos, Central Greece Tel. +30 6972662269 For more information go to: www.canyoning.gr
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