A mountain!
For various reasons I haven’t been out climbing at all this year, apart from lovely hike in the Lomonds (which I can see from the end of the street) in January.
cold, but beautiful
It was great to get a real climb done at the end of June. Wank, just on the eastern edge of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Bavarian Alps.
unfortunate name
Easily accessible as it’s autobahn almost all the way. Munich is a potential problem to pass through, but we’d chosen a very quiet Sunday during school holidays. About 2.5 hours in each direction, at a steady 100mph on the autobahn.
Olympic ski jump (1936)
Unfortunately we’d also chosen the hottest day of the year so far. 31°c in the middle of the day.
wonderful
You have to watch the weather forecast in the days leading up to a planned climb, so we knew what to expect, and began our hike at 8.30am. That meant a 5.30am departure. Ouch! It was all worth it.
on way up
Beautiful scenery. An excellent lunch (with beer) at the Hütte on the summit.
lunch with a view
I’m hoping to get back to the Alps in August, and to manage a couple of Scottish hills before then.
© iain taylor, 2014
