The road to Mount Mulhacén: one man's journey to fulfil a promise

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Join our editor as he tackles the 2,200-metre ascent of Mount Mulhacén, to fulfil a promise made in anger exactly a year ago. Will he do it, or do the gradient and heat get the better of him?

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[d3fiant]

congrats fella, quite an achievement...so next year...sub 3 hours You should add in some sponsership to charity, sure many of us here would chip in for a good cause, make it even more fulfulling...and even more pressure to perform

[Queelis]

Nice pictures, great views. And certainly such determination

[Dareos]

Amazing acheivement, most folks will not realise just how tough something like that is in the kind of heat you were subjected to at this time of year.

Congrats.

[mroz]

43 degrees? My god, that'd kill me even if I wasn't going anywhere. Congratulations.

[this_is_gav]

Awesome read Tarinder, thanks for posting, and congrats for completing it. Pure determination. Respect.

43 degrees? My god, that'd kill me even if I wasn't going anywhere. Congratulations.

Likewise.

[hardflipman]

Congrats indeed.
I'm pretty sure I went up there when i was a wee boy, certainly walked for miles around that area. certainly very unforgiving terrain especially in the summer. Last time I was up there i cycled a bit which was really good too. I'd definitely recommend it. we went with an outfit based in mecina fondales (where my family has a house) which is a few villages along from bubion but there are also groups in bubion.
it's a fantastic area though

[Whiternoise]

Congrats!

I've just done the fairly breezy Scafell Pike in the Lake District with a bunch of mates, best fun i've had in a long time! Sounds like a pretty good hike, i'll have to look into it if i'm ever in Spain. And just think you've done a third of Everest - at that pace you could do it in 10 hours (if only!)