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01-GoodWeather * Long walk, needs good weather. It's early (7 o'clock) but the outlook is good, very good. * 1984 x 1488 * (270KB)
02-Bright * Very bright indeed! This summit could hardly be seen earlier. * 1984 x 1488 * (454KB)
03-WestSlope-1 * From the Königssee, looking West, to high echoing walls. * 1488 x 1984 * (625KB)
04-WestSlope-2 * Rounding a corner. * 1437 x 1984 * (392KB)
05-WestSlope-3 * In the view line of the Painter's edge, but on the lake, looking towards Sankt Bartholomâ - just below the mountain in the distance. * 1981 x 1251 * (315KB)
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06-SchafendeHexe * Looking back to the North, this range above Bad Reichenhall is named Die Schlafende Hexe - the sleeping witch. Is she the cause that there never was a burning of witches in this area??? * 1984 x 1488 * (231KB)
07-Waterfall * Waterfall of Königsbach on the Eastern slopes. * 1140 x 1824 * (289KB)
08-WestSlope-4 * Another view on the West slope. * 1488 x 1984 * (430KB)
09-NearStBartolomae * A bit further on, this is the view over Sankt Bartholomâ: the slopes of the Schönfeld and the Watzmann. * 2600 x 1360 * (495KB)
10-rStBartolomae * Sankt Batholomâ from the boat. * 1653 x 1467 * (299KB)
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11-SchwarzenSee-Fall * A lot of water comes down, due to the rains before. The thunder of the waterfall could be heard even when we walked the opposite banks. This well is an outlet of a lake, lying 1000 m higher.... * 1488 x 1984 * (406KB)
12-WaterFallOverObersee * A faint view over Obersee reveals another high waterfall: the Röthbach waterfall. Heavier than normal as well. * 1026 x 1734 * (75KB)
13-SchwarzenSee-Fall-2 * Another view of the thundering waterfall, when we were to enter the woods. Even here, the falling water could well be heard. * 1488 x 1984 * (468KB)
14-JunglePath * The path up into the jungle. * 1488 x 1984 * (571KB)
15-StrugglingUp * It's a minor idea how steep this was: looking up, and the path goes even steeper. * 1488 x 1984 * (529KB)
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16-OutlookOverStBartolomae * A n outlook over the lake. It is as green as it shows! * 1488 x 1984 * (482KB)
17-ClimbingStairs * The type of terrain to be conquered: step after step after step, for several 100s of meters. (Angle of camera is about 45% up - parallel to stars on the left!) * 1984 x 1488 * (596KB)
18-OutlookOnTheSlopes * Going higher means higher views.... * 1984 x 1488 * (220KB)
19-OnGuard * Three hard screams as a warning draw our attention. All were gone, but the guard. He kept alert, watching out... * 1488 x 1984 * (457KB)
20-StayAlert * ...even when changing position... * 1488 x 1984 * (359KB)
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One day of rain - spent in the Berchtesgaden Salt mines, where no photographing was allowed) and one day rafting (no pictures for obvious reasons), it cleared - good forecast, so Günther would take us on a long walk. At 8:00 AM we would take the first boat from Königssee to Salet on the other end of the lake, then walk up to Götzenalm - a walk of about 10 kilometres, but climbing 1200 meters - passing Regenalm and we might see some wildlife. The path started easy, over a stone path along the lake, but at end, it stated up steeply. Stony paths were mixed with stairs that Franka took with ease. once she was instructed to slow down (she was too eager to go up!) Once at Regenalm (where we took a rest) the road flattened - went up, but slowly, not as steep as we had climbed up the there.
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