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18-9 Schilthorn 2,970 M |
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The rather steep rail link between Lauterbrunnen 795 M and Grutschalp 1,486 M |
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The rocket train they use |
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Okay so there is a cable |
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Misty mountain tops |
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The sharks fin |
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The easy way up |
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Here comes the sun |
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The bustling metropolis of Gimmelwald 1,316-1,419 M |
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they store their firewood like this. |
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A barn on a hillside |
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The green valley leading to Schilthorn which is hidden by the peak on the left |
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Looking back to Jungfrau and friends |
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 The cable car station at Birg 2,677 M |
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More cows |
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Spare bells for the cows? |
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 Crossing the gap between Birg and Schilthorn |
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Starting to climb up |
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The moon is still out during the day. |
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The valley and Jungfrau |
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The sun reflecting off the cable car |
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Grauseetoli 2,514 M |
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 Hikers on the ridge leading to the summit |
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Looking down on Grauseetoli |
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The end is nigh |
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Well if you slipped on this icy section it would be. There were ropes but there was a gap when they switched from being on the left to the right. |
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The final section |
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Top of the world |
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Very surreal climb a mountain to watch excerpts from a Bond film they filmed "On her Majesty's Secret Service" here in 1969. |
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Looking down on Birg |
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Not too much snow about in September. |
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Looking north into the haze |
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Monch and Jungfrau |
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The part below sloping roof is a revolving restaurant |
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Though a sharp heel could be useful on the ice. |
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There are three ways back over the top, along the side or the cable car. |
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Birg, Lauberhorn, Tschuggen and probably the Wetterhorn on the horizon |
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 The restaurant and Jungfrau |
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Schwarzhorn (right) and the ridge I climbed over on Monday |
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Narrow ridge walks |
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Another way down. |
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I choose the cable car. |
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Grauseetoli |
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Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau towering over the village of Murren |
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Another lake |
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 Looking up to Schilthorn |
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The trail down from Birg |
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The rather barren way down |
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Cable car arriving at Birg |
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A strange rock |
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The way down was rather steep as it was a ski run. |
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Murren |
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More Murren |
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Lauterbrunnen |
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 Jung Frau at the end of the valley |
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The village is surrounded by steep cliffs so they have a waterfall just off the main street. |
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| 12-Geneve | 13-Gleckstein | 14-Jungfrau1 | 14-Jungfrau2 | |
| 16-Eiger | 17-Shreckhorn | 18-Schilthorn | 19-Schwarzhorn | 20-Interlaken |
| 20-Bern1 | 21-Bern2 | 22-Neuchatel | 23-Lausanne | index |