h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

What quiet interesting fact connects Pikes Peak* in The Rocky Mountains and Pic du Midi** in The French Pyrenees?

*(38°50'26"N 105°02'39"W)

**(42°56'11"N 0°08' 34"E)





Google and Wikipedia are forbidden. Most points are available for being Interesting or just simply correct. Also there ARE klaxons which will deduct -5 from your score.

So be bold, preferably interesting, but never obvious.

Good luck.

Motorised hill climb competitions.

OK, just put me down for minus 5.

~jwf~

Motorised hill climb is not on my list - so you escape Are you selflessly trying to take Taff's place by throwing yourself on all my land mines?

Selflessly?
What does that big word mean?
Are you trying to get into my head?
Oh god, I'm all paranoid now.

~jwf~

selflessly, without ego...

I know something about Pikes Peak, but I'll keep it to myself for now...

I've never heard of the French one.

B

okay...

well the question is what connects them?

Given that you've included coordinates, are we allowed to use a maps website to look at the peaks in question?

Or would a visual inspection not tell us much?


Geggs

If you think it might help....

I dunno. But I guess you're not going to say whether it might help straight off...


Geggs

Im a little out of practice but its all coming back I set the traps and I have the map!

I have clues if you are truly despairing however I am shortly going out to the cinema so chat amongst yourselves and I will review when I return and if you really need them I will of course help out

Dunno about motorised climbs but both have hairpinny roads leading up to them - are they stage finishes in cycle races?
(Doesn't sound interesting enough to me)

Unlike the twin peaks of Kilimanjaro, there has never been any attempt to span them?

You are correct Orcus - that isn't anywhere near interesting enough!!

None that I am aware of, Baron.

Right, I'm off out now so keep the good guesses coming.

Does the title tell us anything? Oh, let's say:

Pikes Peak was named after a descendant of the person that first ... ed in the south of France.

Yup theres a clue in there.