13.04 Hohe Munde, under the peak—another spectacular experience
Why's he laughing? 'You want us to climb that monster?' Today's climb, picture taken from a different hike Ghost Mountains, scary to climb, beautiful to observe After more than an hour of steep going, editor in fine form Whenever we arrive in a town surrounded by mountains, one of them seems to make an impression that gets the ‘juices flowing’. The process repeated itself when we entered Seefeld last week. Hohe Munde is another example of a ‘slab’ making that impression—we’re not sure how to pronounce it yet. In the last two missives, it is understandably quite prominent. The problem of shooting for the peak is that it is only reachable on a non-technical basis once the snow melts, if at all. However, we decided that we would try and get as far as we could before danger signals triggered. A typical danger signal is when the editor asks for the car keys. More later… Yes, sir! Our first impression. This vantage point allowed us to see across the vall...