Mount Olympus

One of the two climbers that became trapped on Mt Olympus on Monday afternoon was found dead on Wednesday by members of Greece's EMAK search and rescue unit.

According to reports, the 42-year-old man was found on a cliff near Stefani peak, at an altitude of 2,900 meters, with injuries caused by a fall.

Eleven members of Greece's EMAK search and rescue unit were dispatched to Mount Olympus on Tuesday morning to rescue two climbers from a cliff.

The two climbers were caught in a storm on Monday evening while scaling Stefani peak, whose last 200 meters is sheer rock, near the mountain's highest summit, Mytikas, which stands at 2,918 meters.

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EMAK special rescue crews have rescued two climbers who were stranded on Mount Olympus, Greece's highest mountain, amid adverse weather conditions.

The two were located at the Agios Antonios shelter at an altitude of 2,817 meters late Tuesday. They are reportedly in good health.

Rescue crews worked through the night and into the early hours of Tuesday morning to retrieve the body of a 55-year-old climber who fell into a deep ravine on Mount Olympus, northern Greece. His climbing partner, a man aged 37, sustained multiple injuries but is out of danger and receiving treatment at a hospital in the town of Katerini.

Rescue workers on Monday morning resumed their efforts to rescue a Romanian climber who has been trapped on a slope of Mount Olympus since Saturday.

The rescue effort has been complicated by the inaccessible nature of the spot and the adverse weather conditions in the area.

Silver-haired and soft-spoken, George Klonis worked as a bus driver into his 60s but found his life's purpose at the foot of Mount Olympus.

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A group of refugees and migrants staying in tents at the Petra camp on Mount Olympus were relocated to other facilities late Wednesday due to deteriotating weather conditions in the area. The decision to relocate the refugee and migrants was taken by the Katerini Municipality.

Freezing temperatures, snow, rain and gale-force winds have made life even more difficult for tens of thousands of migrants and refugees scattered at camps across the country.