Crown of the Polish mountains
What is it and
why is it worth to climb it?
Crown of Polish Mountains – a list of 28 peaks one per
each of the mountain ranges of Poland. It was suggested by geographer,
traveller and writer Marek Więckowski and dr Wojciech Lewandowski in the
tourism and local lore magazine Know Your Country.
The list
was on December 12, 1997 at a meeting convened by the editors of Know
Your Country and at the same time the Club of the Conquerors of the
Crown of Polish Mountains was inaugurated. The original idea was to be a
list containing the highest peak of each range. However
it was decided to consider only most prominent peaks which had a marked
hiking trail at the time of the compiling of the list. In addition, the
authors made several significant mistakes in the selection of peaks,
e.g. by omitting some mountain ranges in the rank of a mesoregion, and
placing others in the rank of a microregion.
Since 1997, there has been a
club associating the conquerors of the Polish mountain crown.
Anyone who buys the book, gets 27 stamps from each peak and takes a
photo on each of them, can apply for this title. The crown is available
to everyone. It is a great way to spend your free time, explore the
beautiful Polish mountains and join a great community.