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GIORGOS POTAMIANOS MARKANTONATOS – “The King Of Kefalonia”
George has strong roots in Kefalonia, his family’s name is registered in one of the oldest documents dating from 1262.
He is married to Irene, they have to boys, Alex and Philip and a daughter named Iris.
He has been involved in adventure sports and activities since the age of 15 when he started walking, caving and learning about the historical background of Kefalonia.
He became a volunteer with the fire service at the age of 16, which later lead to a full time position as a firefighter, for 6 years. He trained in the Greek army with the Special Forces (1998-2000) in the “Mountain assault units”,where he was also a medic. After his army training he trained and developed his skills in mountaineering, rock-climbing and ice-climbing he has travelled throughout Greece and in Europe to perfect his climbing and challenge himself. He is an accomplished diver and is responsible for the department of diving at the sailing club of Kefalonia and has worked as a commercial diver on the reconstruction of the historical bridge of Argostoli. In 2005 he started designing the new footpath system for Ainos Mountain’s national park, these paths were opened to the public in 2011.
As a kayaker he is a professional sea kayaking guide and continually trains with Sea Kayaking Cornwall. He loves solo paddling and some of his personal achievements include crossing the Adriatic sea in 2013, paddling 700 nm from Kefalonia to Venice in 34 days, and in 2018, he paddled from Kefalonia to Istanbul across the Aegean sea, in 2 months.
He turned his numerable skills into a business https://outdoorkefalonia.com in 2008 and has work closely with our team for over 10 years on a variety of projects and expeditions.