We drove high into the Stara Planina mountains close to Bulgaria's northern border and eventually pulled up, on a treeless rocky summit, outside a massive concrete flying saucer.
A mile above the clouds, Michael Carriker, who is what Boeing used to call a test pilot, drew a bead on the rocky summit of Mount Rainier and then began easing his new 737 down to 12,500 feet, almost 2,000 feet below the peak.
Distance 5 miles (8km) Classification Moderate Duration 2 hours 30 minutes Begins Holyrood Park car park OS grid reference NT271737 Walk in a nutshell The climb on to Arthur's Seat may be steep, but an excellent path on to the compact, rocky summit (and a panorama par excellence) makes the ascent easier.
Although trail distances seem short, the trip to the summit should not be underestimated; most trail approaches involve at least 4,000 vertical feet (1,200 m) of climbing, including an ascent of the rocky summit cone and the boulder-strewn upper slopes.
In the other video, the artist reclines on her side on the rocky summit of a hill holding still as clouds drift slowly by.
At the top the wind drowns out all sound and the air is thin, but a final, shivering traverse brings us to just below the rocky summit of the Klein Matterhorn, at 3,883m.
A well known canopy of this algae has been reported only for the rocky summit (around 40 m depth) of Apollo's Bank (Ustica Island, Sicily) [59].
In front of us, four walkers cross the boggy rushes and ling at the foot of the rocky summit, in advance of the next bout of rain.
The inner bailey was situated on the rocky summit at the western end of the crag.
Some of the trails course around the lower elevations under the canopy of oak and chestnut forests; others climb to rocky summits for drop-dead views of the Ligurian Sea or east to the Apennines.
