Otztaler Alps, Austria, 1978 |
For more than 40 years I have been an avid photographer, with as result a collection of about 16.000 color slides. I have been thinking about digitalising (some of) them, but it would be a formidable job.
I was also curious about the quality of the slides after so many years, so I decided to scan a few pictures taken during a holiday in the Tirolian Alps in 1978. The result is better than I expected and this album took only a few hours to create.
In the sixties I had been an eager mountaineer, spending my holidays mostly in the Alps of Austria. After I met Paul, my interest changed to "exotic" countries and in 1978 we had first spent about four weeks in (post-Shah, pre-Khomeini) Iran.
There was still enough time left for a short visit to Tirol, we were young and ambitious in those days..:-) We started in Langenfeld in the Otztaler Alps and made a few day trips. Beautiful glaciers.
Next destination was the Wildgrat mountain, with an overnight stay in the Erlanger Hutte. As everything went well, our next plan was for a longer hike, spending two nights in mountain huts. We climbed the Seykogel (3355 m), lots of snow, but a clear trail. Beautiful views.
After these trips we felt confident enough to climb the Schrankogel (3496 m), the second-highest mountain in the region and according to the guidebooks "It is a popular, though somewhat demanding, summit, both in summer and in winter"
Well, we did it, without any problem, we had beautiful views and went home very satisfied.
But when I look back after so many years, it was madness. No rope, no crampons, Paul with hardly any mountain experience, we shared one ice axe...:-)
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Längenfeld |
Rotmoos glacier 2 comments |
Gaisberg glacier |
Heuflerkogel (3245 m) |
Back to the valley |
Erlanger Hütte (2550 m) |
To the Wildgrat |
to the Wildgrat |
Wildgrat (2971 m) |
On our way down |
The Breslauer Hütte 1 comment |
Trail to the Vernagt Hütte |
Kesselwand glacier |
To the top of the Seykogel |
Going down 1 comment |
Similaun in the distance |
Going down |
Similaun with Marzell glacier |
To the Schrankogel |
Almost at the top |
View from Schrankogel |
Going down from Schrankogel |
Glacier view |
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Liz wrote on Jun 29, 2010: Still very good quality photos after all these years. A nice to see Dutch men from a flat country going into the mountains !!! |
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wrote on Jun 29, 2010: from glaciers to waterfalls is a natural progression, i suppose. /stephen |
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wrote on Jun 29, 2010: Jan...what was your hairs style when in 1960s? shoulder length? :) just curious... |
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wrote on Jun 29, 2010: Like Nepal ! |
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wrote on Jun 30, 2010: Awesome pictures. Awesome feat for someone who comes from terrain as flat as chappatti. |
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wrote on Jun 30, 2010: Yes...haha. We were hippies in those days |
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wrote on Jul 7, 2010: Jan, A preview to the gems you have kept hidden all this while. We will get to see more as and when you scan them ?? |
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wrote on Nov 4, 2011: Jan just found this blog, nice to see the Pic scanned ok, i use a Epson V700 which does a good job. hee hee we must have just missed each other on that trip as I was working in Austria with the Austrian alpine club during the summer periods of 77,78,79 as a climbing instructor. happy days and I also had hair in those days. |
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wrote on Nov 4, 2011: Bloody hell no crampons or ice axe and standing so near to the cornice.. brave guys..lol |
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