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Boris, thanks for your comment! You are the first one to notice the real mess we left on that bench...., i was so busy getting the light right my focus was only in the middle. At least the mess is proof of human existence......
Yes, Ed, the proof of human existence is undeniable, as well as an evidence, that at least 2 or more individuals were involved in this heroic endeavor.
What are those stones on the left side of the bench? I have some ideas - let's see if I got it right :)
Greets, B.
Boris, you are right about 2 people responsable for a temporary messing up nature. Being heroic reaching this point is not an issue, the climb is not too steep. It takes about one hour to reach this point and throw down some clothes. It takes a lot more endurance to reach the top of the mountain front left hand side. In combination with that mountain ( Hönig 2034M) the stones are leading a head role. Coming near this bench there was an old man collecting them. He told us he would leave them on the bench to tell his wife he was going back to the hotel. Because of his age, 78!, he thought it was better to safe strength to climb the mountain you see in the distance left. Asking him why his wife (and a friend) where going up the Hönig he told us she was so much younger..... 74....
We have climbed that mountain 4 years later, it took us 4 hours to reach the summit....... http://www.panoramio.com/photo/84681685
Very interesting, Ed, and very reassuring, that youngsters,in mid-to-upper 70s, are up to such tasks. I'm not speaking "stone-ish", and wonder how he'd say: "I'm going back to hotel" with 4 stones?!
My idea was, that hikers who made it to this level, would leave a stone as a mark of achievement, so that park ranger would know the statistics.
Another thought was, that someone would carry stones as a ballast, and upon reaching a certain point, would unload them, and catch a "second breath" - not unlike in some air balloon, when they throw sandbags overboard, and gain altitude :)
Greetings from still wintry NY, B.
Boris, there is a way to tell, for someone else to count how much people made it. They call them Steinmandl
http://www.allgaeu-humor.de/01-humor-steinmandl.htm
They can be found everywhere around nice places to show how much people appriciate being there.
In this case it was only the four stones (a language only known to these elderly couple) telling the story.
To gain altitude as you have mentioned we drink and eat as soon as possible everything we have got in our backpack, simply forgetting we only shove it into other spaces....., and on top of the mountain we take back a few stones to memorize our next climb of the Everest.....
That's awesome, Ed - very cool way to show appreciation for the place, and to become a sculptor along the way - attraction in itself :)
Very smart approach you've got with weight control on the way up... On the way down, you'll be much lighter and hungrier - that'll help your ability and enthusiasm to get back to the hotel on time :)
Greetings, B.
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Oostenrijk. Het uitzicht, halverwege de klim naar Roter Stein (2364m), op Berwang.
hier moet je zitten om te rusten.
Schöne Aussicht auf die Landschaft.
LIKE
Gut fotografiert, fand schöne Lichter.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, GY
It's simply unreal (or surreal))! I also like the "artistic mess" on the bench ** :) greets, B.
Boris, thanks for your comment! You are the first one to notice the real mess we left on that bench...., i was so busy getting the light right my focus was only in the middle. At least the mess is proof of human existence......
Greetings, Ed
Yes, Ed, the proof of human existence is undeniable, as well as an evidence, that at least 2 or more individuals were involved in this heroic endeavor.
What are those stones on the left side of the bench? I have some ideas - let's see if I got it right :) Greets, B.
Boris, you are right about 2 people responsable for a temporary messing up nature. Being heroic reaching this point is not an issue, the climb is not too steep. It takes about one hour to reach this point and throw down some clothes. It takes a lot more endurance to reach the top of the mountain front left hand side. In combination with that mountain ( Hönig 2034M) the stones are leading a head role. Coming near this bench there was an old man collecting them. He told us he would leave them on the bench to tell his wife he was going back to the hotel. Because of his age, 78!, he thought it was better to safe strength to climb the mountain you see in the distance left. Asking him why his wife (and a friend) where going up the Hönig he told us she was so much younger..... 74.... We have climbed that mountain 4 years later, it took us 4 hours to reach the summit....... http://www.panoramio.com/photo/84681685
And now i want to know your ideas on the stones!
Greetings, from a springlike Holland, Ed
Very interesting, Ed, and very reassuring, that youngsters,in mid-to-upper 70s, are up to such tasks. I'm not speaking "stone-ish", and wonder how he'd say: "I'm going back to hotel" with 4 stones?!
My idea was, that hikers who made it to this level, would leave a stone as a mark of achievement, so that park ranger would know the statistics. Another thought was, that someone would carry stones as a ballast, and upon reaching a certain point, would unload them, and catch a "second breath" - not unlike in some air balloon, when they throw sandbags overboard, and gain altitude :)
Greetings from still wintry NY, B.
Boris, there is a way to tell, for someone else to count how much people made it. They call them Steinmandl http://www.allgaeu-humor.de/01-humor-steinmandl.htm They can be found everywhere around nice places to show how much people appriciate being there. In this case it was only the four stones (a language only known to these elderly couple) telling the story. To gain altitude as you have mentioned we drink and eat as soon as possible everything we have got in our backpack, simply forgetting we only shove it into other spaces....., and on top of the mountain we take back a few stones to memorize our next climb of the Everest.....
Greetings, Ed
That's awesome, Ed - very cool way to show appreciation for the place, and to become a sculptor along the way - attraction in itself :)
Very smart approach you've got with weight control on the way up... On the way down, you'll be much lighter and hungrier - that'll help your ability and enthusiasm to get back to the hotel on time :) Greetings, B.