The Biggest and the Best?
The largest and the biggest
On Sunday I climbed Mulhacen, the highest mountain on the Iberian peninsular. One of the reasons for doing this is because Giles, an occasional mountain companion of mine seems is always keen for us to bag ‘the biggest thing around’. So finding myself in the proximity of ‘a big one’ I didn’t feel I could pass by without adding it to the list.
Together Giles and I were fortunate enough to climb the highest mountain in the Tatras range last year and when with Giles I failed to get to the top of Mount Whitney (highest point in the contiguous USA) earlier in the year.
It was certainly satisfying sitting on top of the mountain surveying the peaks below and scanning south to the Mediterranean Sea and the Rif mountains of Morocco beyond. But was it any ‘better’ than its neighbouring peaks?
Tubkhal, the highest peak in North Africa is sitting in the Atlas Mountains waiting for me now ……….
On Sunday I climbed Mulhacen, the highest mountain on the Iberian peninsular. One of the reasons for doing this is because Giles, an occasional mountain companion of mine seems is always keen for us to bag ‘the biggest thing around’. So finding myself in the proximity of ‘a big one’ I didn’t feel I could pass by without adding it to the list.
Together Giles and I were fortunate enough to climb the highest mountain in the Tatras range last year and when with Giles I failed to get to the top of Mount Whitney (highest point in the contiguous USA) earlier in the year.
It was certainly satisfying sitting on top of the mountain surveying the peaks below and scanning south to the Mediterranean Sea and the Rif mountains of Morocco beyond. But was it any ‘better’ than its neighbouring peaks?
Tubkhal, the highest peak in North Africa is sitting in the Atlas Mountains waiting for me now ……….
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