There is a mountain (the three crowns) that I can see from my
flat – most days – when there’s not too much cloud. To my shame I have been
looking at it for more than a year but not yet climbed it.
A couple of weeks ago
I rectified that: with the aid of a half-way decent
Spanish walking map I worked out where
to start from and how best to tackle it. And, with two brave British
couch-surfers we made our bid.
As the name suggests the three crowns has three peaks: we
made the first two: the gap between the second and third proved beyond our
mountain skills without a rope. Although less than 1000m high it is a serious mountain. There was some serious scrambling involved!
It was a lovely day out though, with the best
views yet across Bidasoa and back to Hendaye.
