OWPG: Media News Bulletin June 2017 | Page 7

Paddy Dillon ains of Mallor ca N o sooner had Paddy Dillon’s latest guidebook Trekking in Mallorca been published, than he was back on the island working on a new guidebook covering the Mountains of Mallorca. The island is huge and the mountains are extensive, and a halt to explorations was called after six weeks. Despite Paddy’s knowledge and experience, gained through previous visits over the past dozen years, he still managed to find plenty of new ground to cover. In fact, he might be able to claim the first ascent, by a foreigner, of Puig de n’Ali. The mountain doesn’t appear in guidebooks (yet) and the summit visitor book only records the names of Mallorcan climbers. Walkers cross the slopes of Puig de Galatzo