ed. desnivel Las 100 Cumbres más Prominentes de la Peninsula
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Although we are used to seeing listings such as Los tresmiles del Pirineo or Los dosmiles de Guadarrama, we have rarely seen a list of mountains in our geography ordered following a criterion as original and novel as that of prominence. Let's see what this curious little word is: «Elevation of a thing over what is around or near it» –the dictionary of the Royal Academy tells us & # 63 ;. From the definition we deduce that the more prominent a mountain is, the more it will stand out from its surroundings. We are right. Some of the two or three thousand of the traditional lists are simple elevations on the main ridge, they should hardly have the category of peaks because some of them are sometimes passed without our being aware of it. And yet, if we go up to the most prominent, we will almost always have the feeling of having done something "great", we will feel satisfied with the activity carried out.
After climbing each of the peaks in this book, you will see that they are the most significant of each chain, they are well located, they are magnificent watchtowers, first-rate viewpoints. Simplifying the explanation a bit, they are the roofs of the islands that would emerge if the water level in our geography were to rise one day. To jump from one island to the next highest, we would have to go down a large slope before facing the new slope.
In these pages you will find detailed information to climb each of the 100 most prominent peaks of the Iberian Peninsula, and you will also see Internet addresses where similar lists of many other areas of the globe appear. You will discover that there are already many people "addicted" to this curious concept because prominence is, and above all will be, a vital tool in determining the real "height" of each mountain, when comparing it with how many it has around it. Applying this criterion you can build lists of specific corners of each massif or province. The prominence is, after all, a new excuse to continue riding through our mountains, and thus learn more about our geography.
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