Flying High

Daniel is a politician in our home city. As such he gets the news paper Dagens Samhälle every week from the Swedish organisation of municipalities. In this weeks issue, the news paper introduces the leaders of all the Swedish municipalities after the election last autumn. In the opening lines of the news article in the paper issue of the news paper, the journalist states that none of the leaders have ever reached a higher altitude than Stefan Svensson of Partille, who has climbed to the top of Mont Blanc in France. This mountain has a peak at 4,810 metres above sea level. I do not believe this is the highest altitude any of these leaders have reached. Normal commercial aircraft reaches much higher altitudes on intercontinental and many other flights every day. I would be surprised if none of the leaders described had ever flown on an intercontinental flight. Paula and Daniel have, and I know a lot of dogs who has, including my own Mum. The altitude you reach when climbing mountains is not so special.