One Mountain at a Time

The association Som Països Catalans (We Are the Catalan Countries) organized the initiative Som Cims (literally, We Are Peaks, as in mountain peaks) during the Saint John’s weekend (June 22 to 24), which is a traditional celebration now considered by many to be the national day of all Catalan speaking countries.

Several groups and associations organized hikes in order to climb and visit different peaks in the Catalan Pyrenees (Canigó and Puigmal), in the coastal range (Matagalls, Tagamanent and Turó de l’Home), in País Valencià (Serra de Callosa), and in the islands of Majorca (Galatzó), Menorca (Mont Toro), and Eïvissa (Sa Talaia).

Organizers said this was a special initiative which themselves described as a “popular de-centralized mobilization” aimed to reinforce “national cohesion.” On the whole, as many as 80 peaks were climbed up thanks to the dozens of associations and several hundred of mountaineers, trekkers, and climbers. 

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