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CarolTheCrone 21h ago

#MLKDay #MLK #MartinLutherKing #MartinLutherKingJr #Speech #Mountaintop

MLK's final speech

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/martin-luther-kings-final-speech-ive-mountaintop-full/story?id=18872817

Martin Luther King's final speech: 'I've been to the mountaintop' -- The full text

King talked about dying in a speech the day before his slaying April 4, 1968.

ABC News

Charrvein 4d ago

End of the Grimannsfell footpath
#FootpathFriday #Grimannsfell #mountaintop

Tim Jan 8

Because we had to reroute again on the second day on our take on the Lechquellenrunde in June 2024, we started the day with an unplanned summit ascent.

From Stuttgarter Hütte it took us roughly an hour to reach the Fanggekarspitze (2640 m). Gladly the snow-covered path was already groomed.
While the weather on the hut was lovely, it got really cold, windy, grey and misty the higher we got. Sight distance was probly between 10 to 15 meters at the peak.

The hike towards the next hut (still day 2!) will be featured in another post next Thursday.

Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes (including small breaks)
Length: 4.25 km
Elevation: 2310 m to 2640 m
Ascent/Descent: 350 m ↑ and 350 m ↓

[This is a Pixelfed post with 9 photos, you can see the complete post at: https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/914864565719426353 ]

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday #Throwback #Hiking #Hike #Hikes #Hiker #HikingTrail #GoHiking #HikingView #HikingAdventures #Trekking #Wanderlust #Wandern #StuttgarterHütte #Fanggekarspitze #Peak #Summit #Gipfel #Gipfelkreuz #AlpineSummit #Lech #LechtalerAlpen #Lechtal #Lechquellenrunde #Alpentraum #Tirol #Tyrol #Vorarlberg #Österrreich #Austria #Alpen #Alps #AlpineHut #AlpineHuts #Hüttentour #Huettentour #HutTreking #Berghütte #MountainHuts #Berge #MountainTop #Mountains #MountainLovers #Bergliebe #ScenicsNature #Nature #OutdoorAdventure #EarlySummer #Summer #BahnZumBerg #BzB #GetOutside #Travel #Snow #Fog #Mist

~meoralis~Jan 5

The #Brocken summit today for #MountainMonday 😌🥶

#hike #hiking #wandern #WinterWonderland #Winterwunderland #Berg #mountain #mountainTop #Berggipfel #Gipfel #Gipfelstein #Schnee #snow #ice #Eis #Winter #Brockenplateau #Brockenkuppe #Brockenhotel #Harz

~meoralis~Nov 3

The view from the summit of #YrWyddfa/#Snowdon for #MountainMonday. And suddenly, the #clouds cleared, revealing the lakes #Glaslyn – where #Excalibur was thrown in, according to Welsh folklore – and #LlynLlydaw in the background – the largest of the three #lakes on the mountain's eastern flank. 🤩 We skipped stones in both of them, tehee 😏

#Wolken #mist #misty #Berggipfel #Gipfel #mountainTop #mountainSummit #wandern #hiking #hike #hillwalking #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #scenic #landscape #landscapePhotography #See #Seen #Snowdonia #Eryri #NorthWales #Wales

~meoralis~Oct 21

#TrainTrackTuesday from the summit of #Snowdon (aka #YrWyddfa)! ⛰️

This is the #SnowdonMountainRailway (SMR), a narrow-gauge rack-and-pinion #mountain railway, that has been taking passengers from Llanberis to the summit since 1896 (!).

Here are some other facts you might enjoy:
- It's the only public rack-and-pinion #railway in the #UK.
- The average speed of the train is 5 mph (8 km/h).
- The total track length is 4.7 miles (7.5 km).
- It carries around 140,000 passengers each year.
- A round-trip to the summit takes approx. 2.5 hours, including a 30-minute stop at the summit visitor centre.
- From the #summit station, it's only 68 ft (21 m) to the summit cairn (though it's quite steep).
- Trains are scheduled at 30-minute intervals, subject to passenger demand.
- The SMR currently operates 3 coal-fired steam locomotives and 4 diesel locomotives. Last week, only diesel locomotives were in service, as the heritage steam locomotives typically run from June to September.
- On its official opening day in April 1896, one of the locomotives derailed and fell down the mountain, resulting in one fatality. Following this incident, the maximum allowed train weight was reduced, and a gripper system was installed on the rack railway. It's been full steam ahead ever since.

🚂🚋
(Sorry for the rabbit hole. I'm not usually into trains, but even I found it quite interesting)

#Wolken #clouds #Berggipfel #Gipfel #mountainTop #wandern #hiking #hike #Berge #mountains #mountainscape #MountainMonday #SMR #narrowGauge #narrowGaugeRailway #Zahnradbahn #rackAndPinion #trainTracks #railways #railwayTrack #railwayTracks #railroad #Schienen #Gleise #train #trains #Zug #Bahn #HeritageGreatBritain #FootpathFriday #Snowdonia #Wales