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High!
Thomas de Groot schrieb:
> http://www.dagjefriesland.nl/hotspots/hs_sonnema.htm
> Scroll down to the image of Berenburg bottles. Those mountains you see are
> called... the Frisian Alps!!!
West Friesland - where the dung piles are high and the beards are long!
>
> And now buy a bottle and taste it, preferably during a cold winter day (when
> was that the last time? I can't remember...)
Oh, go... West Friesland is the coldest part of the Netherlands (Dutch
Siberia) - the region with the famous skating tradition, Heerenveen and all!
See you on www.khyberspace.de !
Yadgar
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High!
Thomas de Groot schrieb:
> ...And you should go to the deepest points too! (not caves!)
> - Alexanderpolder (NL) -8m, if I am correct
> - Death Sea
> - Death Valley
> - Kara Bogaz
> ... and several others certainly
Here in Germany, this would be some place west of Hamburg, in the "Altes
Land", about 2 metres below sea level... and in my still favourite
country on this planet it's where Amu Darya river leaves for
Turkmenistan, 280 metres above sea level... Mt. Noshaq (7490 m) would be
definitely more sophisticated to do!
But I generally more like being on high places than in murky marshlands
(which also goes well with my other hobby, stargazing), so in spite of
being an absolute non-climber, trying to get as high as possible without
breaking my neck seems thrilling... and, so, to "collect" highest
elevations of sovereign countries, preferably on foot or by bike.
Let's take a look on what would be doable:
Germany: Zugspitze (2963 m) would be too alpine (except by funicular)
and, beside that, no mountain peak in the world has been that much
disfigured with concrete platform buildups like this one unfortunate
enough to be Germany's highest... but nevertheless a great spot to have
a night at the telescope!
Also off limits are Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France, with all of
them being in the 4000 or high 3000 metre range.
Mt. Snezka (1603 m), the highest elevation of Czech Republic, would be
(Finland, 1324 m). Then there would be Luxemburg's Kneiff (560 m), San
Marino's Monte Titano (756 m, which I in fact already visited in 1979 -
so I must admit that I was wrong with my recent bold statement about my
trip to Vaalserberg!), also the highest point of Monaco, probably only a
few hundred metres high, but possibly very expensive ;-); Croatia's
Dinara (1831 m)... and, certainly, Spain with her Pico de Teide volcano
(3718 m) on Tenerife island - then also the Fujisan (3776 m) in Japan
would be a possible destination for me... are there more countries whose
highest mountains are easily accessible shield volcanoes?
If we stretch the term "sovereign country" in a creative way, then also
Bergisch Afghanistan's Sang-e Surkh (German: Rothenstein, 600 m) would
be a candidate to be biked by me...
See you on www.khyberspace.de !
Yadgar
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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> news:467851ba@news.povray.org...
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>>In the future, I'd like to go for Botrange in Belgium's Haute Fagnes
>>highlands, later perhaps even for Ireland's Carrantuohil or Ben Nevis in
>>Scotland! But then, thinking about discarded NASA spacesuits would be a
>>good idea...
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> ...And you should go to the deepest points too! (not caves!)
> - Alexanderpolder (NL) -8m, if I am correct
> - Death Sea
> - Death Valley
> - Kara Bogaz
> ... and several others certainly
>
> Thomas
>
I live in Southern California, and have visted Death Valley a number of
times -- a fascinating area well worth visiting (but not in mid-summer,
of course!) Spent a very enjoyable Christmas holiday season there a
number of years ago. An interesting thing about Badwater (the low-point
in Death Valley, -282 feet) is that it is adjacent to a fairly steep
cliff. And it's amusing (shocking?) to look up there to see the sign
showing sea level.
-=- Larry -=-
PS. Another factoid -- Mt. Whitney is only about 150 miles from Death
Valley. Whitney (14,505 feet) is the highest peak in the contiguous
United States. (At 20,320 feet, Mt. McKinley/Danali in Alaska is
higher.) [Elevation data from Wikipedia...] :-)
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