User blog comment:Multimate pnd/Why does everyone take the long way?/@comment-4754162-20120229043059/@comment-4498721-20120229140229

Actually we have a saying here in Turkey which translates to something like "Making ships walk on land." which originated from Siege of Istanbul(then named Constantinople). Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" used this as a tactic to get the ships in the gulf since entrance was blocked, which win him the city (and the name 'conqueror').

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople   (third paragraph under Ottoman Era)

So I think it possible get there by carrying ships some how assuming it is possible to get on to that part of the mountain.