First tracks in a winter wonderland! 🙂
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As a young lad I was very lucky to be here. Bowies last but one ever concert as Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Seems a long, long time ago. And, look at the price 🤣
A few from today's excursion into Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains. Once away from the ski area we saw nobody all day and had to make our own tracks through the snow. Varying conditions, some hardpack, some breakable crust, some ankle deep powder. Crampons and ice axe essential. Superb day with brilliant mountain views
After 2 winters with either health problems, poor snow conditions or just plain bad luck, it was nice to get back into the high Sierra Nevada again. I forgot just how much I love this environment and how comfortable I feel here. Good to be back!
I apologise in advance, as there might just be quite a few snowy mountain shots heading to the timeline over the next few days! 😂
Today I've been hiking in an area that was badly burnt during a severe wildfire in September 2022. It is so refreshing and inspiring to see plant life recovering and new growth coming through.
Bonnie and Clyde 😂 Sorry, Rita and Arko
Lot of snow loss below 2500 metres in Spain's Sierra Nevada. Strange really as temperatures have remained cold. Here a view of the Río Lanjarón valley leading up to the Cerro de Caballo 3009m. To the right is Cerrillo Redondo 2912m and Las Alegas 2700m
The Perils and Pleasures of Bartending in
At the South Pole, the freezer is just a hole in the wall to the ice outside
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bartender-antarctica-south-pole
Beautiful late afternoon skies over Lanjarón tonight.
At long last we've had some much needed rain, falling as snow above 2000m. Here is the town of Lanjarón seen a few minutes ago with threatening, but very welcoming, rain clouds gathering. Small rainbow showing too
Well that's been quite a tough few days coding for this very enthusiastic but amateur developer. Anyway, managed to get "webmentions" working on my @eleventy based blog.
Thanks to a whole heap of people but especially @sia and this article
https://sia.codes/posts/webmentions-eleventy-in-depth/
and also @mxbck and this article
Here's a few of my very favorite mountaineering quotes . Some good ones here, including ...
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment." (Evan Hardin)
"If you don't let go, you can't fall off!" (Jerry Moffatt)
More at ... https://elperronegro.com/posts/2021-01-25-my-favourite-mountaineering-quotes/
A very productive day yesterday. Amongst many other tasks, I have been embedding my mastodon server feed into my website using https://gitlab.com/idotj/mastodon-embed-feed-timeline
https://elperronegro.com/toots/
Next job is to form a of interesting personal blogs about the web, mountains, backpacking or nature. Any recommendations for me to look at?
If you came across this monster in a snow covered winter forest you might just be tempted to turn and run! In fact, today I am remembering my beautiful Leonberger, Bruno. A big dog (he was 70kg+) but extremely friendly and very family orientated. A gentle giant indeed.
Tranquility! Fisherman and dog alongside the Mediterranean this afternoon.
Beach day for the dogs. Think they enjoyed it!
A photographer's beautiful timelapse showing the onset of winter. It took him five years to shoot. Amazing!
There's nothing quite like fireside dreaming on a winters day. This last week my wife & I have been doing a lot of this & are delighted to announce that as a result, we have booked flights so we can attempt the long distance "Alta Via 2" trail in the Italian Dolomites in July.
It's 10,000m ascent/descent +150km of tough mountain scenery to negotiate. Staying in refuges so we can travel light. I shall be 69 years old by then, so will be a tough enough challenge!
Snow and ice on the highest peaks of Spain's Sierra Nevada yesterday. Mulhacén 3482m, Veleta 3394m and Alcazaba 3350m
The northern faces of the Sierra Nevada, Spain seen yesterday from the Alto de Calabozo 1651m
