Hi Armin,
I am going to be not popular too and write some more information
In bonus altitude matter is chances inequality between activators in Czech Republic, Slovak Repoblic and Poland.
Bonus altitude is respectively 700 / 700 / 1000 m
Mountains mostly the same, winter conditions mostly the same …
Some summits are the same - examples below:
SP/BZ-035 - no bonus, before it was also OK/MO-056 with bonus
SP/BZ-036 - no bonus, before it was also OK/MO-016 with bonus
SP/BZ-073 - no bonus, now inactive - we have it now as OK/MO-061 with bonus
SP/BZ-017 - no bonus, now inactive - we have it now as OM/ZA-059 with bonus
SP/BS-001 - no bonus, before it was also OM/PO-033 with bonus
SP/BS-004 - no bonus, now inactive - we have it now as OM/PO-040 with bonus
SP/BS-018 - no bonus, before it was also OM/PO-043 with bonus
In total :
SOTA SP has 62 bonus summits of 211 - it is 29 % - bonus altitude 1000 m
SOTA OK has 134 bons summits of 230 - it is 58 % - bonus altitude 700 m
SOTA OM has 305 bonus summits of 370 - it is 85 % - bonus altitude 700 m
Repeat: mountains mostly the same, winter conditions mostly the same …
Above mentioned examples of summits are only part - in fact there are much more of them.
Why so big difference of chances ?
It was my the most important question and SOTA SP community discussed it on special anniversary meeting on April 01, 2023
Finally the community decided to find compromise altitude 850 m.
I am sure that it will help to develop SOTA popularity in Poland.
I am not discussing about another countries like Hungary (bonus altitude 600 m) or Romania (500 m).
I just compare Poland with Czech and Slovakia due to the same mountains crossed by borders of our countries.
To make things clear - the goal of this post is not to change anything in SOTA OK and SOTA OM
73, Jarek