From where we started, we ascended about 3,000 ft (equivalent to a hike a little longer than to the top of Yosemite Falls), so we were dead tired when we finally reached the top! A great benefit of German hiking is that there is always food on the way (because some mountains will have several farm houses that serve food), and/or at the top. Food is always a great motivator, and you know how German like to eat. If not, you do now!
Here's a brief pictoral of our hike. You can click on any picture to see a bigger version.
JP and Ralf putting on the sunscreen
On the way up...
I got pricked by this stupid flower! At first glance, it looked cool because there was no stem! It's just a flower stump! The petals looked silverish, like metal so I decided to see what it felt like and found out that the petal ends were sharp! Then JP started laughing and pointing at me, "Ha ha! I was waiting for you to do that!!!"
We were tired at this point but only a third of the way up. We could finally see the goal and it looked really really far.
A pretty flower along the hike
This is at the top of Wendelstein. There is, you guessed it, food! And you can see all the little people having lunch. There's also a radio broadcasting station which is the building and dishes on the top left part of the picture.
Sitting at a table with a nice view, JP was definitely ready for lunch too.
To the right side of the eating area is a cool small church. Imagine having to hike up here every Sunday morning!
On the way down...
A view of the great Kaiser Mountains along the hike.
You can probably see a running theme of activity here. Mountains mountains mountains, which I love anyway so I don't mind. Do I miss the ocean? Sorta, but not that much. Probably because I never spent much time by the water, despite living minutes away from ocean! I was just your semi-typical 9-5 LA transplant...
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