klettersteig: no translationnot climbing...
not rappeling...
a harness, two safety beaners,
and your ability to make it down the side of the cliff/mtn.
unsafe... karen not securly latched into the wire
view of the valley belowbeginning seemed unexciting till we got to this:
karen was scared here
i was scared here
notice my seem to be relaxed hand...
what you see below
ladders
the final swinging bridge=petrifying at the beginning
you have to clip on to one sideuntil your hands can reach both sides
did i mention swinging bridge?
view of the valley thousands of feet below...
champs=karen & ichampion=50+ old woman who told us about this at mountain hostel
when she asked us if we wanted an adrenaline rush
i admit i looked at her and thought...
yeah right lady.
then she decribed
our 8 hour hike got replaced
and we're glad it did.
another reason why gimmelwald is amazing.
small but beautiful.
that's switzerland.
9 comments:
Not what a mother wants to see...but it looks wonderful and exciting. Good for you!
Holy. Crap.
Oh My!!! That is incredible amazing I think!!
That is so cool! And a little freaky. Glad you took pictures of it ... and made it down in one piece.
I am so impressed! Good for you! It looks like you had fun. I got an adrenaline rush just looking at the photos. Thanks for almost putting me into pre-term labor. :) Love ya!
Not very many places on earth are jaw dropping! But you've found one :) Looks like a blast... you should have stopped by ;)
Jessie, I'm scared just looking at the photos. Please don't do that "k" word again! And come to my house for veg-beef soup on a rainy night tonight :)
I'm scared. must. not. look. down.
awesome pictures!
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