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RE: Нiking trip to Hut Perelik, Western Rhodopes
The scenes are stunning with all the refreshing greens. The mushroom is amusing. This is my first time seeing mushrooms as colorful as those. I wonder if they are edible?
The highest Rhodope hut looks lovely. It feels so peaceful living in that place without the hustle and bustle of concrete jungle.
That was a very exciting adventure with nature!
Hi @macoolette :)
The mushrooms are Amanita muscaria. They are classified as poisonous.
Perelik Chalet is really a wonderful place where you can get away from the concrete jungle.
Thank you for your comment!
Well, some beautiful things are dangerous or let's say powerful that we can not exploit. 😊
Is anyone maintaining the hut that it still stands there after all the generations?
Although classified as poisonous Amanita muscaria, after parboiling—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures.
Yes. Perelik hut is working all seasons :-)
Oh, cool. That mushroom has its advantage and usability after all. But religious significance is amusing. I wonder what that is all about...
Did you camp in the hut by the way? You mentioned that you traveled 20+ kms that day. How many hours did it take you guys for that distance?
Yes :) , wе spend the night in the hut. Our trip this day lasts 7 hours 20 min.
Wow, 7 hours... I'd be flat exhausted after that. 😄