Went back on this heavily wooded ridge to have a better look of the massive rocky spires that make the "seven brothers" this mountain takes its name from, and maybe climb one if possible.
These "brothers" are steep granite peaks emerging like teeth from the ridge, piercing the thick forest cover up to about 50-100m from the forested ground below.
I was lucky as in previous trips I could only get slow progress on some of them before finding some vertical obstacle or a very exposed passage I deemed was beyond my abilities and a reasonable safety margin.
I'm no rock climber, so anything like a vertical granite wall with no foothold for meters quickly becomes an insurmountable obstacle for me.
This time I circled around one of the lowest peaks in the NW area and found a promising "stairwell" made of boulders and pretty easy ledges. After some trial and error, I got to the top of this one in a 15 minutes scramble.
I should warn that this is still pretty risky business with no protections, as some passages are very exposed with deadly drops, on smooth and steep granite that I bet can become very tricky if wet (luckily when I was there the rocks were very dry and stable, and offered the best grip they could), plus there are some parts where the boulders leave deep dark crevasses between them: should you fall in one of those, you could be seriously injured and getting out without help could be impossible.
The views on the top were rewarding, as you can see places a hundred kms away and can get a good look at the other peaks of this range, something you could never do at lower elevations or under the forest cover. They appear mostly as huge boulder piles (this mountain is very old and has been crumbling for millions of years) with the occasional spire or oddly balanced truck size block that catches your eye. Everywhere else you can see the lush green of the large oak forest growing back on these mountains, far away mountains and towns, beaches and the blue of the open sea.
The rest of the hike went through the whole length of the high ridge, and then back to the starting point through the S ridge then again on a large plateau between the summits and the valley, on an abandoned trail (got lost once and had to trace back but it is still somehow easily viable).
Reccomended with a companion. To top the other higher peaks around I think you'd need some climbing gear and experience, but judge by yourself from the pictures.