When the watery canyon is delayed due to the bad weather, our teachers decide to go to the Kanara rocks in Tekirdağ and train.. Kanara Cliffs in Tekirdağ Güngörmez. Gungormez and Tekirdag Saray. I decide to go to the Kanara Cliffs after a short search on the internet.

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How to Get to the Kanara Rocks?

The shuttle service went during the day. I want to spend my day on the island and join the camp in the evening.. We set out at 7 pm with my two friends who will not be able to catch the shuttle.. For Canara Rocks located in Tekirdag Güngörmez, navigation draws two separate paths. I follow Durusu, Tayakadin and the third airport road from the back roads that I can reach more easily from where I live.. The last thing I want is to enter the city traffic.

It takes two hours to reach Güngörmez. I didn’t want to stay on very dark country roads.. we made it. Because after a certain point, the divided road ends and you continue on the normal roads.. There is a restaurant where we came to Güngörmez.. At first we think our campsite is somewhere there, but when we call our friends, we learn that we have to leave the car up and walk down.

Canara Cliffs Campground

Fortunately, they are coming to pick us up.. Five people load their camping gear and pass through meadows, forests, streams and reach the campsite.. I can’t see Canara Cliffs at dusk but the campsite, trees and campfire are legendary with the music playing. like advertising poster. It’s amazing.

We want to set up our tents right now and get into the campfire grill event.. We’re open for three people who go later. When we say campfire, we are among those who cannot live without a grill.. Roasted peppers, chickens, mushrooms… Just as we were busy cooking by the fire, a phone call came to our campsite.

My teacher İbrahim, who came after us, tells me the license plate of my car.. He talks about my door being open. up to the next. We, five people, both left the door open and left the chairs upstairs.. We, Ersan, reach the vehicle by climbing over streams, hills, and meadows.. I’m done climbing the climb, I’m already in this canyon training. Even the sound of coyotes can be heard on the way back. We are in a camping area alone with nature.

• Güngörmez Kanara Cliffs is not suitable for caravan camping. There is no way down.

Hülya, Why Is This Hülya

Who remembers Hülya, the protagonist of Ayvaini Cave is it? I think it is also useful not to forget Hülya.. Because the protagonist of this article is again Hülya.. My beautiful Hülya, whom I can’t get angry with no matter what she does, but always leaves my mouth open. I peel the roasted peppers and put them on a plate until I arrive, and my dear friend Hülya knocks them all down after 3 seconds.

I’m staring open-mouthed at my friends’ sentences “officially we’ve had the evil eye”. Hülyacı says “things like this happen, don’t be sad”. I think I have to say these sentences myself, but Hülya, who knocked over the peppers, says it for me.. I guess he didn’t want me to get tired.

A group goes out for a night walk while we’re trying to feed ourselves.. I’m in fun mode with the campfires since I fell in the cave and hurt my knees and was tired from wandering around the island all day. This camp is already a pleasure camp.. No early going to bed, early waking up and running. We are in totally relax mode.

Our camping area is getting more fun with our friends returning from the walk.. They came with two big dogs.. Those dogs waited at our campsite until morning, then. I loved it so much that I wanted to bring it with me.. I still miss it every now and then when I think of it.

Tut Ucundan Hülya

We sing songs by our campfire in warm weather. we chat. We laugh, we have fun. no one sleeps. In the following hours, “Where did you set up your tent?” comes the question. It gets a laugh when I show it. It turns out that I installed it in a rather noisy environment.. The tents are made of fabric and there is no possibility of soundproofing.

As I remove the pegs, I say “Hulya from the handle”. We grab it from both ends and move to another place. Yuksel teacher says “no”. Because while we were in between, the sound would go to him less.. We dismantle his tent and carry it to our side.. I wish we could do this in the houses we live in.

Finally, we sleep like babies with the happiness of being able to camp in a nice weather without getting cold and the advantage of being in the fresh air.. My friends wake me up with the sound of tambourines on top of my tent in the morning.. How happy I am.

And Finally Kanara Cliffs

I am fascinated when I open my eyes and see the view outside. Our tents are under the tree. Before us is the Canara Cliffs, like a huge wall. A stream flowing just below the cliffs.. a lush nature. This is the magnificent view that I could not see at dusk.

Our breakfast is from Oğuz. As an organic nutritionist, he brought everything from eggs to olives, from butter to honey.. We have breakfast and joke in the middle of two tents.. Half an hour passes. Yuksel teacher’s tent opens. It turns out he was asleep. He says “Didn’t you find another place to have breakfast?”. I forcefully shove butter and honey into his mouth to redeem ourselves.. Turns out he hates butter too.. We kill the man with our love.

We’re Going to Jump off the Kanara Cliffs

After breakfast, we’re ready to don our gear and jump off that wall-like Canara Cliff’. my knees are not in good shape. Climbing through lush green landscapes. we’re out of breath. It’s pretty steep. First we go to get off the easy place.

The road to there is also quite dangerous, actually.. one side cliff. You have to walk carefully. Our first descent is on a short course.. The view from the top is so beautiful. lush nature. I’m running out so fast this time. I guess the body doesn’t lift when there is an activity every week.

The actual descent is a 35-meter negative descent.. I won’t think about my fear of heights today. Climbing up before that is the main thing. In fact, because I’m climbing slowly, I’m left behind and alone, and what happens? I’m losing the way. I went to the place where the teachers stood. They panic when they see me.. My left side is a 35-metre wall.

Luckily, I go upstairs and get in line.. The nature of this sport is to wait.. The uproar in those waiting moments is priceless.. When it’s my turn, I learn that I’m going down with a double rope. At that moment, the phone of my teacher Ömer falls down.. At every camping and sporting event, something is damaged by someone.

I’m on the edge of a cliff 35 meters above. I’ve been landing more comfortably since I discovered that my fear of heights goes to sleep when I don’t see the height below with my back turned.. The double rope is so heavy. There is no cure in the arm, let him keep it. I have a pain in my lower back.

Negative Landing

After a short normal descent, I will perform the descent we call negative.. So I’ll throw myself into space with a rope. I have to adjust myself on both knees as it goes down to negative. I can’t explain how bruised and sore those two knees are.. A tremendous burn. When I get negative after passing that point, the weight on the rope starts to get lighter.. The rest is watching the scenery from the hills.

Watching the baby crows in the crow’s nest on the Kanara Cliffs. I never come down. This time, I can only land twice because of the problem in my knees.. It’s not about going down, it’s about climbing that hill because. And we bring our feet together with the silently flowing water from the bottom of the Canara Cliffs’. We’re spreading on the grass. We’re going for a walk around. We pass the time with food, conversations, jokes.

I really liked and loved the Canara Cliffs’. It is a great advantage to have trees and to be near the water.. Very suitable for camping. Especially suitable for the sport we do.. It’s almost evening and now everyone will go home. Time to pack up and move our stuff. We have to carry so many things by vehicles by crossing the stream, hill, meadow and grass.

Poppy Field, Hülya and Key

I am stunned by Hülya’s clumsiness all night and day. I’m amazed at how he does it every time, but I don’t know at that moment that this is just the beginning.. The sun is about to set and we say goodbye and part. A short while later, I’ve been looking for a poppy and a field of flowers for a long time, and I stop when I see it.

We’ll take a picture with Hülya. We’re heading into the middle of the field to be in full bloom. I put the phone in my hand and the car key in Hülya’s pocket. We take beautiful pictures and quickly return to the car.. I say, “Give me the key to Hülya so we can go.”

I can’t forget Hülya’s “what key” sentence and the look on her face. no key. We quickly return to the field and start searching, but there is no. Think about it, we are looking for a red keychain in a field full of grass up to your knee and red poppies.. Looking for front out service. they turn. We’ve been looking for a key for almost two hours but it’s not there. I have no hope anymore.

Dozens of people crushed all the grass and flowers in the field.. It’s impossible to find where. All windows and doors of the car are open. While returning to the car, despairing and thinking what to do, Ender Hodja removes the key saying “I found it”.. I wonder what that key is doing in a place we’ve never been. I don’t know what we would do if it wasn’t found.

It’s really like a miracle that the key was found.. I think I’ve aged a few years. We’re on our way again. Oğuz, Bahar and Hülya trio, who turn all those village roads in the dark and are not wise about anything that has happened to us, are going from Güngörmez to Güngören for a lahmacun meal.. let us say goodbye. We thank all our friends for their help.

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