On every mountain there are bumps and bruises. In every mountain there is a story. A personality, and a peak, where wandering minds can start dreaming.
Mountains in Italy
Some hang high in the sky, with lots of similar neighbors lying by.
Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy
Others like to stand out with a couple of towering friends. Looking like battlements, waiting for some risky settlements.
A Japanese mountain waiting for the fall.
Still some lie in the distance, alone, waiting to be climbed.
Some guy climbing
So climb them, rock after rock and ridge after ridge. Learn everything about their personality and listen closely to their story.
Olympus Mars is the highest point on the surface of Olumpus Mons which stands about 24km high, compared to about 5km for Mount Everest on Earth. It is only about 500km diameter at the base
Ascend higher and higher, go to outer space. Have a look at your own face. when you compare the distance to the stars. See how it towers above mount Everest.
The town of Nesna - population 1,902.
I climbed a mountain once, it overlooked a small town. Usually on the streets there weren’t that many people around. Yet, the greatest thing about the towns features, were the steps and minutes, until you were at the base of the mountain and its baaing creatures.
The first plateau of Hammarøytinden, a mountain in northern Norway.
Only a thirty minute mountain hike. A great place to sit on a bench, have lunch, overlook the town one last time. Before you will continue and see what else you can find.
The second plateau of Hammarøytinden, a mountain in northern Norway.
About forty minutes later, make it to the second plateau. Walk to and fro, but be careful about the distance. It looks like it should take two minutes to get to the end, but it will take forty more minutes to get there and back again.
The third and final plateau of Hammarøytinden, a mountain in northern Norway.
If you dare, continue, up higher and higher, hopefully you won’t tire. By the time you reach the end, it will have been three hours and another three before you see the ground again. From this peak, look out and seek. You will see many islands, and one island in the furthest distance. It is Traena, the last island you will see before you reach Iceland.