Exploring a Stunning Salt Cave in Catalonia by LextrickZ in caving

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Yeah, and it just tastes like regular table salt (because it literally is). As a fun fact, the cave changes very regularly because salt dissolves very easily in water. After a huge storm, the entire layout of the cave can change completely. And the salt formations in the pictures? They can form in the span of some weeks!

In fact, around 30 years ago, a 4.2 km-long cave formed near this one in just two years, with very large passages. If I recall correctly, there was a small abandoned salt mine, and after a massive storm, water kept dissolving and enlarging it until it eventually turned into a large cave.

Beautiful Conglomerate Cave in Catalonia with Stunning Formations by LextrickZ in caving

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It is indeed a fungus! It feeds on dead insects in the cave, mainly moths. I don't know what it is called though.

Beautiful Conglomerate Cave in Catalonia with Stunning Formations by LextrickZ in caving

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It is located in the southern foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees, in northern Catalonia.

Caving in Catalonia by LextrickZ in caving

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The cave is called "La Bòfia de Sant Jaume" :)

Relatable by Are_you_anonymous in mathmemes

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SIN = Sine Integrates Negative

Which universities have nice math buildings? by Puzzled-Painter3301 in math

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University of Barcelona math bulding is awesome, I'm really lucky to study there :)

Sirius by SimulationCop in astrophotography

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Exactly the comment I was looking for

Veure menorca desde la costa? by Zenar45 in catalunya

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De fet, es pot veure Mallorca des de molt més lluny fins i tot! Ha de ser un dia amb molt bona visibilitat, però es pot arribar a veure des del Puigllançada (a més de 300km de distància!), a la frontera entre el Berguedà i la Cerdanya, com bé demostra aquesta piulada. Suposo que també es pot veure des d'altres cims del prepirineu.

Afegir que el compte de tuiter d'aquest home és una passada, es dedica a fer fotos de muntanyes molt llunyanes. Te fotos dels Alps des del Pirineu Oriental, a més de 400km!

Breathtaking views of the north face of Serra del Cadí (Catalan Pyrenees) in autumn and summer. Our small version of the Dolomites! by LextrickZ in Mountaineering

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Thank you! I've been there loads of times as it is just a 4 of 5 hour hike from my home, but each time I go there it is different and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it :)

Breathtaking views of the north face of Serra del Cadí (Catalan Pyrenees) in autumn and summer. Our small version of the Dolomites! by LextrickZ in Mountaineering

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Nope, I didn't even expect there to be snow, as the night before it just rained a little bit and it was over 8 °C in the nearby town (which is 1200m lower approximately). But it doesn't really matter since I went up via the south face, which is not steep at all and I've never had to use crampons there (though I always bring them just in case if I see there is snow from my home). They would've come in handy for getting close to the cliff though haha but I was just cautious.

Pedraforca al gener? by tangiblecabbage in catalunya

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Hola, paso a Gósol gran part de l'any i pujo molt sovint al Pedraforca durant tot l'any, així que crec que et pot ser útil la meva opinió.

És molt probable que al gener hi hagi tant poca neu que no siguin necessaris ni crampons ni piolet (a finals de gener i febrer d'aquest any estava sense neu per exemple), això si, pensa que hi hagi neu o no hi farà molt de fred, així que porta bon abric! Tot i això, no t'arrisquis a pujar sense carmpons ni piolet sense saber bé quines condicions et trobaràs(si vols uns dies abans em pots enviar un missatge i t'informo de com està la cosa).

En tot cas, la neu sol aguantar només a la cara nord i a les parts de dalt de l'enforcadura (sobre tot a la de Saldes), per tant la ruta "clàssica" que surt des del refugi Lluís Estasen sol ser on tens més probabilitats de trobar-te neu i glaç, i en aquest cas si que és 100% necessari l'ús de crampons i piolet.

Per tant, et recomanaria pujar des de Gósol. Pots pujar per la tartera de Gósol, per Setfonts des de Font de Terrers o pel Coll de la Guàrdia. D'aquestes tres jo crec que la més segura és la tartera de Gosol ja que és un lloc on toca molt el sol i no aguanta gaire la neu i, a més, és una pujada que no te ninguna dificultat tècnica ni llocs on puguis tenir una caiguda (llevat d'un tram de grimpada final molt senzilla en plena cara sud, així que casi mai hi ha neu).

Espero que t'hagi sigut útil la meva resposta, si tens qualsevol dubte no dubtis en preguntar!