Bernese Oberland Reflections, July 1999

West peak of the Mittaghorn via the East ridge from the Schmadri Hut. AD mostly III, Inner Rottal Ridge of Jungfrau. AD, II & III, South East ridge of Monch. PD II, Traverse of the Walcherhorn to the Gross and Hinter Fiescherhorner. AD steps of II, ice to 50+, Gross Grunhorn via SW Ridge of Grunnegghorn,PD+, rock of II, snow to 40

with Andy Elphinston

Reflections on a snowy and initially, eventful, holiday in the Bernese Oberland

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Close Enough for Jazz- An unplanned bivouac on the Mittaghorn, July 1999

Mittaghorn W Ridge, Bernese Oberland, Ungradeable!, with Andy Elphinston

A tale of a modest route which became an exploratory adventure of the highest order. Andy Elphinston uses musical analogies to describe a most uncertain traverse of a lesser known peak on the Lauterbrunnen Wall.

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