Pico Cão Grande

[huinare]

Fonstad (Atlas of Middle Earth) posits that Orthanc was hewn into a volcanic plug.  Which seems very sensible.

Especially in light of Pico Cão Grande (São Tomé and Príncipe).  DUDE.

Comments

[engarian]

Whoa! That is so super kewl! I tried to find out where this was, but didn't recognize the countries named at all. Somewhere south (displaying my usual abysmal lack of geographic skill).

- Erulisse (one L)

[huinare]

'ere. (Yeah I had to look it up too, and I was supposed to be a geography major...me and small islands were never on the clearest of terms..)

[engarian]

Oh wow, I never would have put that outside of continental Africa like that. It is really, really kewl though. I can't figure out why anyone in their right mind would want to climb this thing, though. I guess I just appreciate my feet solidly on the ground, not hoping that ropes will hold :-)

- Erulisse (one L)

[huinare]

One of my professors had (still has, one might hope and assume) a son who is an extreme rock climber--like, is actually featured in rock climbing magazines for climbing insanely sheer rocks without any ropes..