At the geodesic vertex they have painted a republican flag, anticipating the King's abdication in a few days. Someone who climbs to a peak with a spray to paint a flag, be the republican, the constitutional or that of the Thirds of Flanders, He is a complete idiot opponent who should be disqualified from mountaineering. Peñalara It does not deserve such booties.
I have climbed to the summit (2.429 meters) From predicted by Citores with the intention of going down the channels of Two sisters, The classic itinerary to the roof of Madrid. The advantage of being able to do it on a Monday is that you do not cross with anyone all the way, splashed still of scarce refrigerators. Now we are only two people at the top, Enjoying a sunny day, Clean of clouds, Magnify the panoramic.
Someone who climbs up to a top with a spray to paint a flag should be disabled to make mountaineering
The mountaineer approaches and asks me about the descent by the Bird Lagoon, I have done a few times. Wants to know if Crast of the Claveles It is very exposed. I tell you that it has no difficulty, Despite some quite aerial stretch, If you go with caution. On the other slope of the Peñalara massif, where the lagoon goes down, much more snow is guessed, But that does not regret it and begins to walk in the direction of the snowproofs surrounded by snow.
I see him move away down until he is only a tiny silhouette cut on the horizon. And at that same moment I decide to change plans and also descend through the bird's lagoon, Looking for that intimacy that is always stored in that succession of little ibones, a much less busy itinerary than those of the other slope of the massif.
On the other slope of the massif, where the lagoon goes down, much more snow is guessed
I descend at a good pace even for the spring snow, and something wet for high temperatures, And soon I embody the cliffs that worried the hiker that precedes me, to whom I see already created by the passage of the carnations with a dubitative step. I have advised him that, If you want to avoid balances on the rocks, Better down a few meters and save the cliffs halfway down a left -handed stony that does not offer difficulties, But it does not seem that I have paid much attention to me. I, however, I get tired of the Cabriolas and I follow that itinerary much safer that it borders the cliffs and then descends by a slope pronounced with a lot of snow to the bird of the birds.
The stream that the little ibón drains, surrounded by fresh grass, offers a beautiful image, With the snowy massif of Peñalara behind him. It is one of those moments of fullness that the mountain gives you, with the whisper of soundtrack water and the loneliness necessary to assimilate it. All the way to the upper part of Pepe Hernando Hoya is a succession of lagoons and refrigerators that even make me regret not having put the pool pools in my backpack, Because boots are often sink into the snow moistening the socks.
The stream that the little ibón drains, surrounded by fresh grass, offers a beautiful image
The walk, Always with the Peñalara massif and two sisters to my right, It is a blessing, Despite a final repect that surprises you with the ability of a sauteer ambushed before the pronounced descent towards the Peñalara Lagoon stream, that crosses a wooden bridge that links with the path that goes up to the Laguna Grande and now you have to take in descending direction, to Quotes, where a little more than three hours arrived after leaving this same place in the direction of Peñalara's top.
The almost mandatory beer on the terrace of the Marcelino sale This time you have to postpone, because they are almost two and you have to return to Madrid. And well I'm sorry, Well the day invites you to close the jar with a jug and I don't like to ignore this sacred liturgy.
