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..... and for you Rocky, I'm sure.

Only question I have is 4d. I got the entry right away of course, and I see "climb," but the last two letters I don't get. I suppose a direction, and I suspect it's something this American wouldn't know, so could someone please explain.

Hi MPRS,

4d - last 2 letters are literally the "11th and 13th of four-thousanders".

D'oh! Thanks, Brendan. Was fixated on the idea of a direction. Is there some meaning to the term "four-thousanders"?

Thanks MPRS, I know exactly what you mean - I tied myself in knots doing yesterday's Prize with 6d, trying to convince myself that the answer was a really devious way of saying "disinclined to disburse"? when, of course, it was nothing of the sort! Still, not as if I've ever seen "for" = PRO etc before - oh wait ...... 😂

"Four-thousanders" is actually clever, it refers to mountain peaks over 4,000m in height: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-thousander

In my area there's a somewhat more modest "3500 club", referring to people who have hiked up all (33) of the local "mountains" over 3,500" altitude.

In the UK it would refer to 4000ft rather than metres, and even then we only have a handful - 9, in fact, all in Scotland.

Sadly Brendan the writing was already on the wall before today. Europe is OK though. Better than expected I think.

Geekier, that was my guess, but too lazy to look it up I suppose. 😁 In Colorado they have the 14s, all mountains over 14,000 feet. Just a bit above 4000 meters.