Hole Renovation post:

7 days almost passed from the last post in the Hole, so I’m dumping posting again.

I like mountains, and lately I have been thinking about summit crosses.

There is a lot of them, and they are all over the place in Europe and both Americas. But have you ever seen a crescent moon on a peak, or a star of David? Hmm?

Maybe you did, I don’t know I don’t leave Europe very often. Now thinking about it maybe the have some idolatry laws or something that prevents it…

Anyway, despite being popularized by the Krauts, they are cool. It feels right for them to be up there symbolically close to heaven, and it’s also a practical way to mark the summit. Here is the most famous one in Poland, on top of Giewont (1894 m):

(it may be famous, but I think it’s ugly)

It’s also infamous for attracting lightning, and killing people. In 2019 it got hit, and almost a hundred people got electrocuted through safety chains below, 4 people died. If you wonder how was that possible:

Still, lighting is probably the second worst thing to hit it, first being all the cringe political agitation:

In general I think with how commodified cross is people don’t really appreciate it’s significance as religious symbol, and in a case like this it’s respected so little it may as well be an antenna mast.

I run out of time. Post over. Mountains are cool. Goodnight.