Austria
August 7 to 29, 2010
brechhorn, floch & bergleuchten
brechhorn summit
At the top of Brechhorn we enjoyed an early lunch with an amazing view all around us. We posed for the requisite photos, signed the log book and stamped our hiking books.
As we ate lunch we contemplated the next peak in the distance: Floch. Rubby had already wanted to hike that peak last time but we never got around to it. This time he swore he would do it and seeing as how it was still early (only 11am), he was itching to go further. I myself was tired, but there was no way I could let Rubby attain a peak that I'd never hiked before. When we asked Samantha her opinion she was raring to go, eager to get another peak under her belt and to get another stamp for our hiking books. By the time lunch was finished, we'd made up our mind to continue on to Floch.
Rubby waiting at the Brechhorn summit.
Christopher has already started on his lunch.
Opa is signing the logbook at the cross.
Rubby and the kids at the top of Brechhorn.
Family shot at the cross.
Opa having lunch and planning his next big hike up Grosser Rettenstein (the big peak in the background).
A close-up of the Grosser Rettenstein.
The Brechhorn cross.
As we sit having lunch we look across at the next cross (Floch) and decide to tackle it today still.
Hey, if you zoom in on the Floch cross, it's not nearly so far to go anymore! ;-)
Rubby headed down to his little perch to take a picture of the Brechhorn cross.
Rubby at his "perch" surrounded by clouds.
rubby in the clouds.
The Brechhorn cross with Rubby in the background.
The view from Brechhorn looking back towards the Brixen valley mountains.
Opa and the kids still enjoying their lunch.
Samantha is hungry after the long hike.
And Christopher... he's just always hungry! (But happy!)
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still to come:
august 20-29