Ascent of the Schilthorn

Monday I climbed the Schilthorn, 10,000-something feet, partly for nostalgia (I had done it in 1979 or 1986, can't remember), partly for the view of the Berner Oberland. I took the cable-car from Lauterbrunnen to Murren, from 2,600 to 5,300 feet, then walked the rest of the way, via the PanoramaWeg. It was the most walking/climbing I have done in a while, but entirely worth it. Vicki spent several hours walking the valley.

The night before, alpenglow on the Breithorn

On the trail the next morning, in cow

country; international language for

electrified fence

Alpine flowers in full riot-gear

Lunch-time view from the trail: the three amigos, Eiger,

Monch, and Jungfrau

Another thousand feet, Piz Gloria, the Schilthorn

Setting for an early Bond movie, On Her Majesty's Secret

Service; George Lazenby as Bond, not Indiana Jones' dad

UNESCO-approved view of the three, from Schilthorn,

and the "village" of Murren below

Breithorn from Schilthorn

Famous sign on the razor-edge trail

Justified, too

Big mountains make their own weather: all

afternoon a killer cloud had clung to the north

face of the Eiger