http://becausetheyrethere.com/2010/11/24/walking-over-acorns-lujar-the-third-attempt/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:33:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2010/11/24/walking-over-acorns-lujar-the-third-attempt/#comment-337 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:13:05 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=2172#comment-337 Charlie, I don’t know if the top is up there because I’ve tried three times and not come within sight of it. All I know is that Lujar is a lot bigger and bulkier than it looks from the bottom. One day, perhaps next year, I shall return and have another go. If you get to the top before me, let me know.

]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2010/11/24/walking-over-acorns-lujar-the-third-attempt/#comment-335 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:26:10 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=2172#comment-335 I set off on my own, on an early Saturday morning in mid August, to climb this mountain. Armed with 2 litres of water a banana and a peach I set off. Two and half hours later I had passed numerous mine entrances, some refurbished buildings and some derelict ones, but false summits kept coming and coming. Eventually I abandoned the zigzag road and went cross-country, only to come across the same road a bit further up, but still no sight of the summit. After 3 hours I decided to take some photos and walk back down. I had been away longer than I had told people I would be, and had no idea how much further I needed to walk. I absolutely loved this walk. I saw only one other person…a local cycling up as I got to the bottom.
Next time, I’ll allow a whole day, take more water and food, and just keep going. The top is up there somewhere right?

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