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As the easiest way of accessing Jungfrau is on surface of the
Alletsch glacier, we climbed on it as soon as we reached the bottom
of the glacier (more than 20km long). Walking on a glacier for
the first time in our lives had a certain degree of danger. A
small fall on the rude surface of the glacier is enough for being
wounded on your skin. Here is the wounded hero who fall into a
crevice but climbed out of it alone (or at least could have climbed
out alone if we hadn't helped, well, in fact he was not even falling
into the crevice, just slid a bit). |
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The small rivers on the glaciers are VERY cold still, after
sweating all day one does not care and just looks forward to the
refreshment. Although the accessible part of the riverbank was
only some 50 meters from the bottom of a side glacier, I felt
like taking a bath... |
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... and so did Dani. |
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Closer to the summit the glacier has too many crevices, forcing
climbers to continue on the rocks. This is not simple: rope, hanging,
securing. The rope at the bottom of the picture is hanging almost
vertically. I don't need to mention who is hanging on it. |
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After some more hanging-downs we reached the peak. In the background
above my head you can see the Mönch and a bit to the left the
Egger and looking back the way we came from... |
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... the Alletsch glacier - Europe's longest glacier. |
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On our way back we were going faster and more confident and
jumped one crevice after the other which was a lot of fun. |
