 Climbing The
Sound of Music
Climbing
in the Austrian Alps
In
August of
1995 I visited the Austrian Alps in the vicinity of my mother-in-law's
house in Salzburg.
In that occasion,
the weather did not cooperate. It rained 14 out of the 17 days I was
there,
and this prevented all but a few mountain hikes. However, the beauty of
the mountains haunted me for the next two years, and in August of 1997
I returned to Austria
with alpine dreams
in my mind.
What
follows is a
collection of writings and photographs describing
the climbs and mountain walks that Monika and I did during the first 28
days in August. As you will see, that year we were blessed with
uncommonly
good weather which allowed us to do more climbing that we had hope for.
Pedro I. Espina,©
1997-98
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