There aren’t many mountains in Belgium. So we decided to climb one on our summer holiday, the day after my birthday. Our choice was the Grand Veymont, with a respectable altitude of 2,341m. One thing I learned was that, when the paths are steep and rocky, coming down is often no easier than going up. It was also pretty cold up there – even when it was pushing 32° a thousand metres lower down – but the views were unforgettable.
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant in User Experience and Information Design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.
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