In 2003 in hiked with a friend on the Mittagskogel, as always climbing up the “Ostgrad,” this time starting during the sunrise .. Continue reading “Mittagskogel 2003”
Sonnblick & Hocharn: Hiking Trip in September 2001
In September I once again hiked the Sonnblick, this time accompanied by my friend Clemens, and extending the trip with also climbing the Hocharn the next morning. It was one of the most silent mountain experiences I have had in the alps. The whole hike up to the Hocharn as well as on the summit, my friend and me didn’t meet any other people. This fact together with the amazing weather, that allowed us to have a view as far as to the Lienzer Dolomiten and the Pyramidenkogel made this tour unforgetable! Continue reading “Sonnblick & Hocharn: Hiking Trip in September 2001”
Hiking the Sonnblick in 1999
In summer 1999 I went with my father on the Sonnblick in the Austrian alps. On the summit is one of Europeans highest elevated weather stations, delivering data since over 100 years already.
Flooding in Villach, 1962
I found (and scanned) some old pictures that my mother took in 1962, showing a flooding in the center of the town I grew up: Villach.
