European Highpoints Page

I got the idea to reach each of the European Highpoints while I was studying abroad in Europe for a semester in a summer study tour called the International Business Institute. I was staying for 3 weeks in a conference center in the Netherlands, and could not pass up the opportunity to travel to the Benelux's 3 highpoints. I had already climbed Greece's and Andorra's highest mountains in the summer of 2003 during another semester I spent studying abroad, this time in Athens, Greece. I have always enjoyed going to the extreme, or going to the highest point around, so climbing each European highpoint is a natural outgrowth of my love for adventure and action. I also wanted to make a climbing goal for myself that was virtually unthought of before. While I look forward to becoming a US state highpointer, I felt that I needed to do something a little less popular.

Country	Mountain	Elevation	Date climbed (D/M/Y)
Greece	Mt. Olympus	9,570 ft.	08/07/2003
Andorra	Pic de Coma Pedrosa	2946 m, 9665 ft	02/07/2003
Netherlands	Vaalserberg	321 m	17/07/2004	Benelux Highpointing Adventure Story Map of Netherland's Highpoint
Belgium	Signal De Botrange	694 m	17/07/2004	Map of Belgium's Highpoint
Luxembourg	Burgplatz	559 m	18/07/2004	Map of Luxembourg's Highpoint
Bulgaria	Musala Peak	2925 m	07/08/2004	Map of the Rila Mountains and Musala Peak Topographic Map of Musala Peak Cover of the Map I used
Romania	Vf. Moldoveanu	2544 m	15/08/2004	Map of the Fagaras Mountains and Mount Moldoveanu Topographic Map of Mount Vf. Moldoveanu Cover of the Map I used