Sunset at Vernissage Berghaus
Monday 31 August 2009, Alps, Switzerland It’s already late when I walk between the huge stone blocks on the northwest flank of the Mittaghorn. The…
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Tag Archive: climbing
Piz Bernina Spalla ridge solo
Piz Bernina (4,049m), 11 August 2009 Excerpts of a climbers life After the solo traverse of the Grand Combin early July it took me 2…
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Monte Rosa 8×4000
8 peaks over 4000 meter, 3 days, 0 huts, 8000m D+ Excerpts of a climbers life Summer 2017 in the Alps was a nice one…
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A nice stroll on the Dom
Dom (4,545m), solo, 26 August 2015 Excerpts of a climbers life The peak just left of the centre is the Lenzspitze (4,294m) which was my…
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Barre des Écrins solo
Barre des Écrins (4,099m), solo, 8 August 2012 Excerpts of a climbers life “Against my better judgment I struggled on through deep snow towards the…
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Dent d’Hérens W-ridge solo
Dent d’Hérens (4,171m), solo, 27 July 2012 Excerpts of a climbers life “It’s no good. You can’t do this. It’s not working. Go down. You’re…
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Nadelgrat solo
Nadelgrat solo, 16 August 2011 Excerpts of a climbers life It was mid August. Helmut Risse and I had just climbed the Mönch, Jungfrau and Gross…
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Epic on Piz Julier
Piz Julier (3,380m), solo, 14 May 2011 Excerpts of a climbers life I was having coffee on the Julier pass in Switserland when suddenly –…
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Allalinhorn Hohlaub ridge solo
Allalinhorn (4,027m), Hohlaub ridge, solo, 6 September 2010 Excerpts of a climbers life “Arriving at the last rocks two men asked me “Bist du allein?…
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Grand Combin traverse solo
Grand Combin (4,314m), solo, 9 July 2009 Excerpts of a climbers life The summer of 2009 started early for me. I was already on my…
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