Summit quizzes

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Re: Summit quizzes

by visentin » Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:26 pm

Aha, I was looking for them in the skyline, not the foreground. Indeed more than obvious, agreed ! :D

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Re: Summit quizzes

by hansw » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:12 pm

We all appoint Rick as the winner!

Next is #91 - about.
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Re: Summit quizzes

by Rick B » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:44 am

Yay, I win something!

#91: Image

Could be easy, could be not. We'll see how it goes, let's first wait and see if someone directly recognizes it!

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Re: Summit quizzes

by visentin » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:13 am

Hmmm... sun, green, limestone (however I see sth like quartz behind), dwarf pine... I'd say the Alps, somewhere near the Dolomites, or Slovenia, or the Vienna's pre-Alps. What mountains could have such visible twisted sedimentary layers ?

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Re: Summit quizzes

by Rick B » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:47 am

Aha, you're taking the geological approach to solving the puzzle :)

Well, in this case I can tell you that the mountain is the highest point of this particular dinosaur-bearing formation (or rather, the internet can tell you).

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Re: Summit quizzes

by visentin » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:52 am

Geological-botanical in this case :D (vegetation often tells a lot about what part of the world, at least in Europe)
The only problem is that my knowledge of the Alps is near zero... I think Borut or Vid would solve the enigm.

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Re: Summit quizzes

by Rick B » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:16 pm

I'll leave it like this for a little while, I'd be interested to see if someone recognizes it instantly. It should be sufficiently well known in its neighbourhood...

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Re: Summit quizzes

by Rick B » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:41 am

Nobody recognized it yet, time for a new clue:

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Re: Summit quizzes

by visentin » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:40 am

No idea about the english word for it but we call this in french "montagnes Russes"; would your mountain be much further than I first expected ? ;)

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Re: Summit quizzes

by Rick B » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:40 am

Hah no, the clue has nothing to do with the name... I didn't know these things had such 'mountainous' names in french.

The mountain is a little further to the west than you initially guessed though.

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Re: Summit quizzes

by Diego Sahagún » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:14 pm

Is the altitude less than 2000 m :?:

Cret de la Neige :?:

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Re: Summit quizzes

by visentin » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:47 pm

I'd say there is too much dwarf pine, a feature rather found in Dolomites and Central Europe, to be in the french/swiss Jura

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Re: Summit quizzes

by Rick B » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:51 pm

Diego, twice no.

Let's add some pictures taken from high up the mountain, in three different directions:

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Hopefully this will help with the geological approach to determine the location of the mountain in question :) If not, then I'll add a much more clear hint on its location tomorrow.

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Re: Summit quizzes

by Diego Sahagún » Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:04 am

In Europe?

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Re: Summit quizzes

by Rick B » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:38 am

Yes, it's in Europe.

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