Since my last post I have spent some incredible days as I headed further east along the Alps. To report very briefly with more detailed blogs to come; four days in northern Italy exploring the stunning Dolomite Range and visiting a series on amazing museums all on various mountain themes built by world famous climber Reinhold Messner. Then I even got to meet and have my photo taken with him – a rather neat experience. Into Austria for a couple of days of exploring castles, art museums, and spending time hiking up among the alpine meadows and glaciers. Across the border into Slovenia for a glorious relaxing day in the "almost too idyllic to be true" town of Bled before setting off on my own for a really tough two-day climb to Triglav, the famous highest peak of this beautiful little country (the mountain even features on their national flag).
The massive north face of Triglav.
Grossglockner - up via the Stuedlgrat route on the left ridge then down via the ridge on the right.
After an incredible month of climbing in the Alps I am now going to spend a few days of not doing much. Reaching the highest summit of five countries in five weeks has been a once in a lifetime experience and I've loved every second of it all. But I am tired, my legs are sore and feet hopelessly blistered, me and my clothes kind of stink, I am way behind on my blog, and I'm ready to start eating three meals a day hopefully putting back on a little of weight I've lost with these demanding climbs. So, stay tuned as I get caught up on sleeping, laundry, eating, and of course, blogging. Cheers.
Time for chilling out in the Austrian Alps.
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