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Today I have the opportunity to Introduce my friend Wim who left his family for a week to join me here in the Alps (thank you so much, Anke!). On the background you can see the Langgletscher (Lang Glacier) and for those with good eyes, left from the Lötschenlücke (the saddle of snow at the end of the glacier) at 3178 m (10427 ft), you can distinguish the Hollandiahütte at 3235 m (10614 ft). Fortunately we had planned not to go to this hut, it would be too far and we would have to walk over the glacier for which we are not equipped properly.
In place of that our target is the Anenhütte (in German only, also spelled as Aanenhütte, it took me a long time to find information about this hut on the internet due to a different spelling) at 2355 m (7726 ft), the building that is visible right above Wim's head. A nice hike of about 600 m (about 2000 ft), a good start of our first day together!
More information about huts can be found at http://geo7.begasoft.ch/afp2/Aol.aspx?la=de, unforturnately only in German and French, but very complete.
Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, 150 mm)
Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments
Comments (60)
parb1194
Spectacular scene and awesome vista well caught.
suresh_krishna
Fantastic view of the Gletscher! The scenery is so Alpine and the vista so awesome! Excellent photography JC!
oscilis
Looks like a wonderful hike up there. Did you have hot chocolate at the end?
pimbotin
Lucky men at the entry of paradise!....
phpjoma
Bei dem ausblick bekommt man lust auf klettern :-)
nathalie06
Nice to see you with your friend ! with an incredible smile, and the satisfaction to have climb since this beautiful glacier. I'm always more in love with mountains... nothing to do ! This place is another jewel of Mother Nature ! Lucky guy to go there, even if it's not easy to climb... I love your shots Jan-Carel, and your passion for the mountains, the same as Giancarlo has had all his life... Thank you for the emotion of this landscape !
unike
Nice landscape!
Cosme..D..Churruca
This promises ! Splendid start !
rufous
Great capture! Looks like a super hike!
tibet2004uk
Impressive scenery!!! Mountains make us feel so small! Beautiful!
john010766
Wonderful sense of Space. Great I really like it
Chaos911
F A N T A S T I C, excellently done!!!! :=)
GiMi53
Very nice to see you two guys ! Tripod of another hicker ? (I see one going down...) A wonderful keepsake, this portrait with your friend against such a magnificent scenery ! As always, thank you for the details and the links ! :~)
Zacko
Pssst....isnt your buddy being a tad optimistic bringing his skies? LOL! Hey..at least he has the poles. #:oP Awesome portrait of two hiking buddies, with magnificent scenery in the background. Enjoy! #:O)
drace68
Excellent image in several ways: showing the bond of friendship, a better sense of the steep valley with people for scale, and the glacier itself with ice revealed under the mantling of rocks and debris. Looks like a good bit of hard walking ahead of you -- Dick
BorisB
Excellent composition with a great landscape, nice foreground, well done!
junior_2004
This mountains are wonderful! The way on the infinity! Great landscape! have a nice week-end!
bkhook
Wonderful photo and great outline of where you were and your plans. I hope the day was wonderful for you as the photo looks like you had great fun. Thanks for sharing!
tmathise
I want to hike there so badly! OK, and shoot photos too! Well, that's the extent of my whining for today (LOL). Great photo Jan!
TwoPynts
What gorgeous scenery. With all this hiking, how do you find time to post photos?!? :) Looks like you had quite a fun hike ahead of you. Thanks as always for sharing and for pointing out the huts that I would have otherwise missed. :]
meissner
Praw! Unglaubliche Erinnerungen kommen zurk! Ich wsch dir weiter 'ne schen Tag!
Digimon
You are experiencing life to it's fullest! And you are so generous for sharing these wonderful images with us all!
Georges_H_Hoens
Always a deep joy to retrieve friends!! fab shot JC, because both of you and the man/woman in background, we have an idea of the gigantism of that landscape! Impressive, Have a nice WE my friend, G.
redchilicat
I must say I am jealous. What a fantastic place, like i have said before so different than my landscape. :-)
kimariehere
how grand this place is!!! i love the view here and it is nice to see your friends they look so happy!! :O)!!!
rayburg
Such breath taking scenery and nice to see your friend..
Tedz
So splendid! Makes Me want to drag out My Leider Hosen and burst into Song....a charm of an Image...salute
Loloe
Hello! Nice to meet you! superb shot and beautiful background! bravo!!!
glennn23
Absolutely fantastic work!!! How do you find the time to get to all these awesome places?
nongo
So nice for you to have a friend to share this adventure with!!!! excellent image JC!!!!!!!