Veleta 23rd August

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Dear Limper
What a wonderful start we had to the new walking season with 13 people turning up for the walk up Veleta, including Antonio from Niguelas on his first outing with the Limpers, who said afterwards that it will be another 2 years before he will be fit enough to come again. A number in the party had expressed reservations about whether they would be able to complete the walk due the altitude, so they joined us for the first hour as far as the chair lift station before returning to the car park. This left the brave and foolhardy to be whisked away on the ski lift up the flank of Veleta. I must say I find this method of climbing a mountain brilliant and I would recommend it to anyone. As welcome as the lift is, it still leaves you with a good hours walk to puff and pant your way to the summit. Whilst it was quite cool and windy at the top the views were outstanding and well worth the effort of getting there. Our return track was somewhat shorter than the ascent as we were able to short cut the bends by cutting across country in the direction of the ski lift for the descent and the wonderful views across Granada. The whole group reconvened to take tapa, back in Chite.
The walk this coming Sunday is up the Durcal tubo, a zig zag path that follows the water feed pipe for the Durcal Hydro Electric plant. The ascent climbs some 700 meters up to the summit of Penon de Granada before crossing the Loma del Perro and returning via Barranco de la rambla, and should take between 4 and 5 hours. The path is not difficult but there is about 2 hours of climbing to start off with. We will go to Paco's bar in Cozvijar afterwards for tapa.
Meet at the Acropolis in Mondujar at 9 am Sunday

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