Dear SOTA activators,
It was mid September when I took this picture of our 10 pointer Ori Peak (EA2/NV-003) from another summit I was activating that day.
Although it’s the second TOP SOTA in our EA2/NV area, this summit seems to be an easy one because there is a good road which allows mountaneers to drive and park pretty high, having just a not difficult hike of about an hour to get from that point to the summit.
No doubt that’s the reason why this 10 pointer has been activated 14 times, while other TOP SOTAs in our area much less.
None of this summit activations has taken place in winter.
Safe and easy mountains in summer may become difficult and dangerous ones in winter.
We’ve been struck today with the terrible news of a 44 years old Spanish amateur mountaneer being found dead not far from the summit with a shock on his head after having fallen.
These are the pictures on the news today and I wanted to post them on this Reflector in order to make a warning CQ to all of us, SOTA activators, for being extremely cautious with mountains in winter. They are wonderful and beautiful, but they can easily kill us due to cold, snow and ice.
Please, be very cautious and safe while SOTAing.
Thank you and Merry Christmas de Guru - EA2IF.