People bring the strangest things to the cross that marks the summit of Carrauntoohil, the highest mountain in Ireland. The men in the picture above were posing with a bike brought by these lads a few years ago. It’s a pity, then, that somebody (or probably more than one person) decided to bring a metal cutter with them to saw down the cross last week. You’d think that there are some places in Ireland safe from vandalism, but I guess not. Mountaineering Ireland’s statement on the matter pretty much sums up my own view. Happily, the Irish Times reports that a team climbed the mountain this morning, and put the cross back up again.