The tower on the top of Wielka Sowa

The tower on the top of Wielka Sowa

The tower on the top of Wielka Sowa
visentin
on Nov 2, 2009 6:31 am
Image Type(s): Hiking,  Scenery,  Panorama
Image ID: 569728

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yatsek

yatsek - Nov 6, 2009 2:22 pm - Voted 10/10

These Towers

Surely they arouse mixed feelings but they've been part of the Sudetic landscape for over a century now.

visentin

visentin - Nov 6, 2009 2:25 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: These Towers

why mixed feelings ?

yatsek

yatsek - Nov 6, 2009 2:44 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: These Towers

Man-made but eagerly climbed by many a nature lover (via the stairs, not the sheer walls outside :))

visentin

visentin - Nov 7, 2009 11:04 am - Hasn't voted

Re: These Towers

It's the most beautiful tower in the Sudetes I know ! (I also like the wooden one of Czarna Gora)
If you wanted the fact it was built by germans, I think no one really cares nowadays. It's there, it was erected by mountain lovers and that's all !

yatsek

yatsek - Nov 7, 2009 7:12 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: These Towers

The problem isn't who erected it but whether or not anything should be built on mountain tops. If you ask me, it depends on which mountains. In the Sudetes, I find most of the towers OK. But just try and put something like this on, say, Babia Góra- BTW You've forgotten the one on Biskupia Kopa (and the famous three-mile downhill ride :))

visentin

visentin - Nov 8, 2009 3:14 am - Hasn't voted

Re: These Towers

In my opinion they are OK when the top is under the tree line and they allow the view over ! That's why one over Babia Gora cannot be :)
Thanks for Biskupia Kopa, I added it to my "to cycle" list !
Have you seen my last autumn pics in Gory Bardzkie ?

peterbud

peterbud - Nov 8, 2009 4:45 am - Hasn't voted

Much-much nicer

than this one, which I also have mixed feelings about (ugly, but without it, one couldn't enjoy the great view from the top of Börzsöny)

yatsek

yatsek - Nov 8, 2009 7:04 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Much-much nicer

So all of us seem to agree such towers are welcome in some mountainous areas (although some should be replaced by nicer constructions).

visentin

visentin - Nov 8, 2009 9:30 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Much-much nicer

exactly ! (and Pradziad in 1st position :)

yatsek

yatsek - Nov 8, 2009 11:39 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Much-much nicer

I wonder what the Czechs would say.:) Anyway, Eric, you'll soon have enough pix of these towers (or buildings? Sniezka?) topping the Sudetic tops to create an album, which seems a must as far as the Sudetes are concerned.

visentin

visentin - Nov 8, 2009 12:57 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Much-much nicer

why not a towers album, not only of the Sudetes ? like for example the cairns album I made !

yatsek

yatsek - Nov 8, 2009 1:15 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Much-much nicer

Might be a good idea. Peter's Borzsony tower would not feel lonely:)

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