Kilometres of rotting lines, ropes, strings and threads
are polluting Katafigi - kilometres of lines are still waiting to be laid.
Although there is a long tradition in Greece - more than 2500 years - to use
threads in labyrinths and this kind of vandalism is harmless compared to breaking
off stalactites or spraying lumenescent paint at them, there is no really
need for it. Katafigi is full of painted arrows pointing to the entrance /
exit. If one feels, he or she need a line to find back out, he or she should
stay out of the cave, because the enviroment is too dangerous for this kind
of would-be-speleogists. If he or she luckyly survive the underworld adventure
at least the lines should be removed after usage. Times of Ariadne and Theseus
are definitely over.
Recently someone proofs his insanity by puting candles in a line from the
entrance to the "Stone Bridge".
© upper photos by Helmut Schütz - 8.9.2002 / lower
photo by Thomas Gramanitsch
- 25.9.2005
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