beautiful way up

the shortest introduction to Gletscherkunde

1min....to introduce Harald to the art of prusiken.....
there was not more time....and he gave the impression to have understood.....


but as Ruperts last sentence was " but it is very unlikely that you will need it"...
I am not so sure how much information really was taken in....

sunset and departure for the summit

after a not so quiet night....thanks to a lot of other mountaineers in the defreggerhaus as well....(some so nice as to think that 3 o clock in the morning is already an ok time for everyone to get up....switching on the light, talking loudly...etc...), we started to get to the top....

what a scenery!

keep on walking....

3 h "über Stock und Stein" ...

first rule

on the mountain:

look important..... (is only valid for men of course... ;-))




perfectly organised we went by car to Prägraten in Osttirol (what a kaff), hired a hüttentaxi which took us to the Johanneshütte from where we started our ascent to the Defreggerhaus 2900 m- our over night destination...
3h walk.....

big question

...what do you think a kithen is for?????

well you might think for food and stuff like that...
THEN you have never been to Ruperts kitchen....
there you will find different things....

like climbing gear, ropes, first aid kits,......
see for yourself.....

start Grossvenediger

after a mammut session in Weitra- for a theatre play which lasts for 2h we travelled 2,5 h (one way) to Weitra, a place in the middle of nowhere near Zwettl,
we came back at 1 in the morning and got up at 5 to fly to Innsbruck where Rupert was already picking us up from the airport to have a wonderful breakfast in the blaue backstube.....
then - as Harald still does not possess everything necessary to be well equipped for the high mountains , we quickly went shopping and then we visited Ruperts new flat...
perfect ausblick....
and of course we started our trip with a really good chocolate...