Switzerland's Stairway to Heaven - Alpine Via Ferrata

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  • Опубліковано 14 жов 2021
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    The Allmenalp Via Ferrata is considered one of the most beautiful and spectacular Via Ferratas in Switzerland.
    Whether it is the vertical wall directly after the entrance or the four thundering waterfalls of the Allmibach, the two Nepal bridges (three-rope bridge) or the Tyrolienne, on which you glide over the water, the via ferrata up to Allmenalp really leaves nothing to be desired.
    Location: Allmenalp (Kandersteg)
    Difficulty: K4/K5 (the normal route is K4, however the variant I took in this video is considered K5)
    Time: 1.5h
    Altitude Gain: 550m
    Iron Footholds: 880
    Ladders: 4
    Nepal Bridges: 2
    Music:
    1. "Skyward" by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au
    2. "Intervention" by Scott Buckley - www.scottbuckley.com.au
    3. Title: "Ethereal"
    Author: Punch Deck | ua-cam.com/channels/3M9.html...
    Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf7Eo...
    License : ua-cam.com/users/tcreative_co...
    "Punch Deck - Ethereal" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license

КОМЕНТАРІ • 296

  • @kskdtr
    @kskdtr 2 роки тому +56

    and this is how our granparents used to go to school... minus the safety harness, of course

  • @CankadeliK
    @CankadeliK 2 роки тому +64

    i have pretty strong fear of heights and this was my first via ferrata. The View is just mind blowing and the feeling you got after doing that is just amazing, especially with fear of heights

    • @NeesyPlaysGuitar
      @NeesyPlaysGuitar 10 місяців тому +1

      you don't have a fear of heights. You have survival instincts.

    • @iskaaa37
      @iskaaa37 10 місяців тому +1

      Hard to believe you have a fear of heights! I do too, and my body just shuts down. Tunnel vision, dizziness, shaking legs, panic attacks. It's hard to believe it would be physically possible for me to endure that for 1.5 h, but I certainly would not feel great afterwards. I did a climb that was too much for me once, and all I could do was chide myself for how stupid I was to even do it. I could have been injured or dead because I was simply not in control of my body and mind anymore.

    • @CankadeliK
      @CankadeliK 10 місяців тому

      @@iskaaa37 i understand youre what you mean and yes it really is hard to believe that i have fear of heights. At the time ive did ths ferrata i was doing alot of work against my fear. At the beginning i was shakin too, but at some time ive just concentraited on going forward. I had some short moments wich i was in panic and thinked about what would happen if i fall down. But ive finished it untill the end. At one point ive had really struggels bcs you just balancing over a steel cable and it going down 300m. But thats the reason im so proud ive finished it and i felt so great. But i would never do it again. it was a once in alifetime expirience for me

    • @siriosstar4789
      @siriosstar4789 4 місяці тому +1

      @iskaa- agreed , i would go bankrupt having to pay for a helicopter rescue .😂

  • @chapeauvelu
    @chapeauvelu 2 роки тому +19

    Outstanding footage. Switzerland gorgeousness represented at its best.

  • @irynamoskovka6990
    @irynamoskovka6990 2 роки тому +16

    I can"t help keeping my breath as if I were there too! You are so brave!!! Just a nice route!!! The views are amazing !!! Great job!!! Take care of yourself!

  • @samarkant0
    @samarkant0 2 роки тому +15

    0:08 look at that helical ladder.. swiss people are so creative

  • @freedome66
    @freedome66 2 роки тому +7

    This was the first via ferrata i have ever done. In summer. It was terrefying yet awesome and now im hooked to mountain sports

  • @hasenmadchen4120
    @hasenmadchen4120 2 роки тому +1

    Och,du liebe Zeit!!!Was für ein Nervenkitzel....wenigstens sind Sie gesichert.Alle Achtung!Danke für die atemberaubenden Aussichten, für den interessanten Clip

  • @robusttj
    @robusttj 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing. Thanks you for taking us through your journey!

  • @Nadia_891
    @Nadia_891 2 роки тому +5

    Goosebumps. This time it felt as if we ourselves are climbing 😄. Going to watch this in VR.

  • @California__Sun
    @California__Sun 2 роки тому +3

    Wow so glad your hiking again but that was scary and the helmet can was difficult to watch. But love your drone footage and the vid above the clouds.... Amazing. Keep hiking 💛❣️💙💙❤️💚🧡♥️💗🤍💜from CA

  • @zaaya7719
    @zaaya7719 2 роки тому +4

    So....
    Anybody else wondering who set all this up in the first place?? 😅😳
    Absolutely amazing

  • @shrujanakandadai2064
    @shrujanakandadai2064 2 роки тому +21

    Absolutely divine! One can only imagine the effort you put every step of the way ! Camera shots were stunning! Kudos and utmärkt!

    • @reactivereplays5666
      @reactivereplays5666 2 роки тому +1

      That was my question HOW did he get some of these shots.... Incredible.

  • @PaloukaMan
    @PaloukaMan 2 місяці тому

    Thank you again ❤
    My heart rate hasn’t been so high for quite awhile
    🙏🏻

  • @cesarplaton2229
    @cesarplaton2229 2 роки тому +3

    Superbe, comme d'hab !!! Merci !

  • @fastgurrrl
    @fastgurrrl Рік тому +1

    How neat! The people who do all this set up rock! Cheers, @Zen Hiking Switzerland

  • @rikvdmark
    @rikvdmark 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome, I love the mountains and climbing them 😍

  • @ViaFerrataHelvetica
    @ViaFerrataHelvetica 2 роки тому +9

    As always, beautiful. A pleasure to watch ! We have to go back and also do our video of this climb.

    • @ZenHikingSwitzerland
      @ZenHikingSwitzerland  2 роки тому +4

      You should definitely do one. I was actually trying to find your version on your channel before I went, only to realize that you didn't cover this one yet.

    • @ViaFerrataHelvetica
      @ViaFerrataHelvetica 2 роки тому +3

      @@ZenHikingSwitzerland yeah we did it a few time but we never took the film gear with us. It was before I started to record every climb 😅

  • @conejobike
    @conejobike 2 роки тому

    I´m jealous!!! what a great climb, gate, walking, and the landscapes ..... congrats!!!!!

  • @andyadventures2841
    @andyadventures2841 2 роки тому

    Amazing. Iv been waiting for you to upload my friend. Great climb 🧗 ❤️

  • @junkogreene5644
    @junkogreene5644 2 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing this journey with us. Es war wirklich wunderschön!!

  • @alenkamajerova893
    @alenkamajerova893 2 роки тому +6

    Nádherná príroda a výborný športový výkon, perfektne nahraté, mala som pocit, že ja sama tam stúpam hore kopcom

    • @user-dm1jb1ok3n
      @user-dm1jb1ok3n 7 місяців тому

      правда жутковато в реале яб шторы наложил😅

  • @MrHistorian123
    @MrHistorian123 2 роки тому +4

    Another video of something I must put on my list of things I absolutely never, ever want to do under any circumstances.

    • @vanleen
      @vanleen 2 роки тому +1

      Thats the beauty of climbing or doing such via ferratas... overcoming mental borders. Feels like victory, everytime. I started with not being able to go up more then 5m and i still start to shake at certain heights... but exposing myself to my fears, withstanding them or even overcoming them always feels like victory.

  • @cahg3871
    @cahg3871 Рік тому +2

    Amazing sights,amazing climb.You are a skilled climber,and very brave.👍

  • @thecaptainsbar
    @thecaptainsbar 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent video and stunning camera work.

  • @user-zc1lj1zs2l
    @user-zc1lj1zs2l 2 роки тому +1

    Сен Никинг! Как вы доверяетесь все этим скалам, лестницам, тросам! Как чувствует ваша сем,я, когда вы идете в эти скалистые горы? Это просто ,,жуть,,! Наверное горы вас так полюбили, как и вы их любите!!!! Пусть Господь будет с вами в вашем путешествии! Привет с Украины. Киев.🙏🙏🙏🎄🤗🤝🌞🌾🌻🌹❄️🐦🕊️🙏🙏🙏.

  • @dr.nandukumar7115
    @dr.nandukumar7115 2 роки тому +1

    It is so risky. You are brave person.

  • @danmidkiff5416
    @danmidkiff5416 2 роки тому +6

    The last shot, where he's sitting on the bench, made me think of Gimmelwald. Switzerland is so beautiful. And, all the way up during the climb, no graffiti anywhere!

    • @ZenHikingSwitzerland
      @ZenHikingSwitzerland  2 роки тому +3

      Thank you! Kandersteg is a really beautiful place.

    • @jamesbond2889
      @jamesbond2889 2 роки тому +1

      What the hell has this to do with graffiti? hahahah graffiti is just as beautiful as the mountains

    • @trojanostar
      @trojanostar 2 роки тому +3

      @@jamesbond2889 nah ... Noboby wants to see a grafitti on these beautiful mountains...if you like it great , but do it in your city walls.

    • @danmidkiff5416
      @danmidkiff5416 2 роки тому

      Somebody put james to bed.

    • @jamesbond2889
      @jamesbond2889 2 роки тому

      @@danmidkiff5416 😴 boring

  • @antypanag1
    @antypanag1 2 роки тому

    thank you so much for sharing this with us !!!!!!!!!!!

  • @brunomassussi5627
    @brunomassussi5627 2 роки тому

    Che emozione, sei un Grande 👍grazie x lo spettacolo!

  • @Sturmknecht
    @Sturmknecht Рік тому

    IMHO the most beautiful of the via ferrata in Switzerland.

  • @maryannguess7115
    @maryannguess7115 2 роки тому

    Ohhhh gosh, my heart was
    In my throat the whole time watching..you young
    Man are a pro and LOVE
    Ur sport like a mtn.goat..
    You are so beyond AWESOME..TY for a beautiful ride of the extreme heights..now I
    Have to calm my heart
    Down...PLEASE be safe..
    Glad you had that helmet on..GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS..

  • @blmjr
    @blmjr 2 роки тому +14

    Thank you for this amazing video! I would never get to see this view as I'm terrified of heights. I'm 6' tall and *that* is too high off the ground for me. Very generous of you to take all of us along for the ride.

    • @user-xg1tj5tb4j
      @user-xg1tj5tb4j 2 роки тому

      🙋

    • @kotrynasiskauskaite4995
      @kotrynasiskauskaite4995 2 роки тому

      Fear of heights is something you can overcome. I'm also 6' and few years ago beat that fear. I used to be scared of looking through 5th floor balcony, but by constantly forcing myself to be in heights and deal with irrational fears of falling/balconies breaking and assuring i'm standing sure footed i beat it. I have done my first via ferrata in the alps in 2021 as well. Don't let that fear set you back, you can also do things like that if you set your mind to!

    • @blmjr
      @blmjr 2 роки тому

      @@kotrynasiskauskaite4995 Thank you for your encouragement and congratulations on your courage!

  • @corvavw6447
    @corvavw6447 Рік тому +1

    Lijkt me leuk dit nog voor mijn 70er verjaardag te doen.heb nog wat klimspullen.

  • @louisasmith9388
    @louisasmith9388 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, just wow.

  • @kombikaramujaninja5426
    @kombikaramujaninja5426 2 роки тому +7

    Parabéns sempre show da clássica Via Ferrata, lindas imagens! 👏👏👏👏👏
    Brasil aqui.

  • @BigbrotherMK
    @BigbrotherMK Місяць тому

    Thank you for sharing this, I don’t think I would ever walk or climb this trail( I am scared of climbing) so it was nice seeing the views!

  • @cabanford
    @cabanford 2 роки тому +1

    Had my final tandem paragliding license exam start just above this. Watched people going up all day. Looks lovely 👍😎

    • @umbertofurlan3166
      @umbertofurlan3166 2 роки тому

      Probabilmente se vado in un cantiere edile mi diverto di più
      Qui a mio avviso si è perso il senso di andare in montagna.

  • @tullycottage367
    @tullycottage367 2 роки тому +51

    Spectacular! That first traverse on the pins looked scary. What are the brass plaques? Names of sponsors of the route? Another great video and, as expected, your subscribers are really increasing, as deserved by these great hikes and filming. Thanks

    • @ZenHikingSwitzerland
      @ZenHikingSwitzerland  2 роки тому +27

      Thank you so much! You guessed it, those are the sponsors who donated to make this Via Ferrata possible.

    • @tullycottage367
      @tullycottage367 2 роки тому +17

      @@ZenHikingSwitzerland that’s great, good for them. Nice touch to have their names on it. Thanks

    • @Chris-de2qc
      @Chris-de2qc 10 місяців тому

      All the people who died 😅

  • @benkusworl4934
    @benkusworl4934 2 роки тому +3

    1:46 If you wanna get hurt badly if falling, make sure doing this.

  • @noriszapiain3282
    @noriszapiain3282 2 роки тому +1

    Impresionante. Que imagenes tan bién logradas! Y que ruta tan ruda.

  • @salgado96as
    @salgado96as Рік тому

    howdy awesome work man, and even better footage so cinematic yet thrilling

  • @tb8573
    @tb8573 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for a great experience. I am making a note about this place for the 2022 vacation. And I don't think it's possible to overestimate the choice of music here. Imagen if it would have been euro-house-techno or hard core metal. This was perfect!

  • @marienaailes
    @marienaailes 10 місяців тому

    Verry beautiful video! Thanks!

  • @williamhill5933
    @williamhill5933 2 роки тому +1

    Love to have a go at this looks so like austria stunning country

  • @yonokzeller5402
    @yonokzeller5402 2 роки тому

    My husband and I did Mont blanc tour 2016 June we loved it like to go back again.

  • @Cherb123456
    @Cherb123456 2 роки тому

    Wow! Amazing, thank you!

  • @sfoeric
    @sfoeric 2 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @CYV_COV
    @CYV_COV 2 роки тому +1

    Wow great vid man. COOL

  • @ronaldlinkenhoker5705
    @ronaldlinkenhoker5705 2 роки тому +2

    I might have done this when I was younger. Great video. I’m also wondering about the plaques.

  • @s2188918
    @s2188918 2 роки тому

    Thanks mate. It's beautiful.

  • @user-iv9dq7re4z
    @user-iv9dq7re4z 2 роки тому

    Дух захватывает от такой красоты и головокружительной высоты!!!

  • @brookeshaffer4377
    @brookeshaffer4377 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome👍

  • @craigtsmith6957
    @craigtsmith6957 2 роки тому

    thanks breath taking - best country in the world.

  • @sivayamsiva9343
    @sivayamsiva9343 2 роки тому

    Thrilling video please take care 🙏

  • @xXxdevilsxXx1982
    @xXxdevilsxXx1982 Рік тому

    amazing video love the tunes to

  • @JohnHarrison-np9vo
    @JohnHarrison-np9vo 2 роки тому

    Unglaublich schön, auch dein Video, Musik und Schnitt sind perfekt....

  • @enjoynepaltreks6860
    @enjoynepaltreks6860 Рік тому

    wow..wow...Adventure

  • @Vincent_escalade
    @Vincent_escalade Рік тому +1

    Superbe via ferrata ❤

  • @sonyrana7072
    @sonyrana7072 2 роки тому

    Very nice 👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👌👌👌

  • @giuseppedemarchi5852
    @giuseppedemarchi5852 Рік тому

    Che figata incredibile...

  • @guillaumeb.1268
    @guillaumeb.1268 2 роки тому

    Bravo, magnifique !

  • @Russell_and_Rosko
    @Russell_and_Rosko 2 роки тому

    This place looks incredible

  • @user-pm6hf5io2d
    @user-pm6hf5io2d 2 роки тому

    와우
    도전정신이 우리들을 기쁘게 합니다.
    접하기 힘든 이런 멋진 영상을 주심에 감사함을 전합니다.

  • @jegbailon7692
    @jegbailon7692 2 роки тому

    Very fascinating place nature is really A divine creations..

  • @larsandersson5974
    @larsandersson5974 2 роки тому

    Good fun to enjoy some exposure practically risk free.

  • @disimjenan6840
    @disimjenan6840 2 роки тому

    Wow,like it👍

  • @hannamaniak545
    @hannamaniak545 2 роки тому

    Incredible!!!

  • @vdubfish1
    @vdubfish1 Рік тому

    And u get a ride down at the end...... Oh yes!

  • @gustavoandrade4710
    @gustavoandrade4710 2 роки тому

    beautifull via ferrata !

  • @lucaRambo71
    @lucaRambo71 2 роки тому

    Good job.Number one.

  • @moonstoneway2694
    @moonstoneway2694 2 роки тому

    Intense and beautiful.

  • @markushangartner3129
    @markushangartner3129 2 роки тому

    Wunderschön

  • @pauloancarvalho
    @pauloancarvalho 2 роки тому

    Amazing!

  • @romanticcyclist
    @romanticcyclist Рік тому

    Amazing ...

  • @franciscomontesdeoca5316
    @franciscomontesdeoca5316 Рік тому

    The paradise.

  • @m1hax
    @m1hax 2 роки тому

    wonderful stuff

  • @johnnyharbuckle3808
    @johnnyharbuckle3808 2 роки тому

    WOW! BRAVO.

  • @bensumw
    @bensumw 2 роки тому +9

    Great video, brings back memories of when I did this via ferrata back in Sept 2017, definitely one of my most memorable via ferrata having done some in the Dolomites in Cortina and Brenta. The views in Switzerland is just something else. I did Klettersteig Chäligang the day before in the next valley of Adelboden which is a K2 as a warm up to see if I was ready for K4. I then also did the Murren to Gimmelwald via ferrata 2 days after. The route you did with the Swiss flag is a new variation that was added after I did it in Sept 2017 I believe.

    • @christheswiss390
      @christheswiss390 2 роки тому +3

      I'm impressed. I couldn't muster the courage if I tried! I get squeemisch and vertigo. Oh well, thank god for videos like this one.

    • @onsight2822
      @onsight2822 Рік тому

      Hi , could you tell me which swiss via ferrata this is ,??? Many thanks

    • @bensumw
      @bensumw Рік тому

      @@onsight2822 it's Kandersteg - Allmenalp. Not recommend for beginners. Take a guide if you are a beginner.

    • @onsight2822
      @onsight2822 Рік тому

      Thank you very much , appreciated 👍

  • @markangeloconsuelo8509
    @markangeloconsuelo8509 2 роки тому

    so beautiful

  • @io_metre
    @io_metre 2 роки тому

    Love your hikes 💪

  • @livenotonevil8279
    @livenotonevil8279 2 роки тому +5

    each plaque:
    Hans slipped here
    Wolfgang slipped here
    Karl slipped here ...

  • @petr-podrouzek
    @petr-podrouzek 2 роки тому

    Amazing !!! :-)

  • @sheilabloom6735
    @sheilabloom6735 18 днів тому

    A beautiful video of a grueling (to me) hike. I always wonder how they get built.

  • @lorenzogki
    @lorenzogki 2 роки тому +2

    Spettacolare, credevo che solo sulle "Dolomiti"ci fossero fantastiche ferrate

  • @annaopuszanska1348
    @annaopuszanska1348 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @osvaldoibanez1309
    @osvaldoibanez1309 2 роки тому

    Preciosa la música además..

  • @clefmentine
    @clefmentine 2 роки тому

    seems fun !

  • @peterbaader334
    @peterbaader334 Рік тому

    May be spectacular, but I would crap myself! My deep respect for all those who can take this challenge!

  • @yonkonikolov8635
    @yonkonikolov8635 2 роки тому +1

    Is unique👍

  • @DomesticDave
    @DomesticDave 2 роки тому +4

    As a paraglider pilot I am fine with dangling 2 or 3 thousand meters above the ground in a tiny seat under a nylon bag. But I could never do this, my legs would turn to jelly.

    • @ZenHikingSwitzerland
      @ZenHikingSwitzerland  2 роки тому +2

      I haven't tried paragliding yet, but I feel for me it's the opposite. I'd have a hard time not being able to hold on to something stable.

    • @christheswiss390
      @christheswiss390 2 роки тому +3

      @@ZenHikingSwitzerland Something stable?! Haha. 😂🤣 I have a VERY different definition of stable! 🤣😂

  • @user-ii6dp3se2s
    @user-ii6dp3se2s 2 роки тому +1

    Спасибо

  • @firstprototype
    @firstprototype 2 роки тому

    Congrats 👏

  • @AntonioCarlosSoriaHernandez
    @AntonioCarlosSoriaHernandez 2 роки тому

    very nice

  • @timmyn8575
    @timmyn8575 Рік тому

    I did one of these in West Virginia. So fun

  • @soberisbetter6904
    @soberisbetter6904 Рік тому

    epic!

  • @louisasmith9388
    @louisasmith9388 2 роки тому +2

    I saw the north face of Eiger while looking for the place I had recalled as being where I have felt most at peace. I like all of this area but I’d been seeking a specific spot below the south face. I got corrected by several Swiss (one perhaps 90, another possibly 40, another maybe 18-20 years old). They said I was on “the wrong side”; I’d visited many times, however it’s been many years since the last visit, so I shouldn’t feel bad (they conversed in this style)- but should go around to the south side. Good advice, it seems. (I’m still figuring out how, but I will. Or I will be flexible and perhaps not see the same hallowed ground - for it is such to me - again. I have it in memory. One day you may film it, for all I know.) I’ve been to so many of the more oft-visited places over years (now realizing it’s a “total” of mere months spanning across decades), including every other weekend when living in Geneva for a short while when I was a student. I had a roommate with me, or a parent or eventually a spouse. We all age differently. Some, by their own description, are exhausted at 40-50, others at 80/90+ are *not*. Seeing the 80-90 year olds with their packs and hiking sticks dashing up the mountains, I do think age is “something” of a number, if one stays active and is “lucky.” *****I found your channel long after deciding I’d visit again after too long away. I am here now; sleepy still (forgive me, anyone who wades through this!) I was reluctant to post but thought I’d live on the wild side. (Posting a comment! Brave, or stupid/foolish!? I hope merely neutral or reasonably adulatory for both ZEN HIKER, *and* the mountains.). So much has gone wrong but I’ll at least try not to stare too long in “the rear view mirror.” That’s just time I won’t get back so as to spend in these beautiful mountains. I wish I could wake up to them every day - but perhaps some of the transcendence derives from how unlike my usual surroundings they are. There are people who think I won’t come “home”; I had (have) not planned any such disappearance. I saw my beloved Eiger from the Kleine Scheidegg station, walking upwards from it (days ago), and I was moved to tears. I had been there before, twice, but it was the longest ago and I hardly recognized anything but the EIGER herself. The clouds swarmed her then parted; the public station near top of Jungfrau was right there when the clouds parted. All of this is “more for tourists.” That’s super, but I aim to walk (truly hike) like you do! I do (hike), yet I am not able to find where I wish to go half the time! Others surely feel the same and may consider me self-indulgent- (“I don’t know either- just go figure it out!”). I do expect that soon enough, people will be asking you not only for these videos, but for advice, and as well to lead “group hikes.” You could earn a lot of money leading group hikes (2-8 people, or even more, at once), but I sense you do not find that an attractive idea. (Maybe one day, even years from now.). I had to be here now. A feeling I cannot, or perhaps at any rate “should not try to” explain. The “old timers” have given me the best advice of all during this trip, followed by those who are teenagers still! I don’t make many photos or videos because *you’ve* got that part done, as well
    As anyone possibly could, for all the world to see and (in human terms) for all time. Nobody does it better than you do; it would seem that nobody *could*. I do wish we could ask you questions but then you’d be deluged....I really do respect that you put these *videos* out as the vehicle by which you choose to communicate and share your knowledge and insights with the world. You reach the most number of people in this way (“the greatest good for the greatest number”). Many will never be able, even if they feel called (a desire inside), to tread the same ground that you do. I’m here trying in my mediocre, halting way. I hesitated to leave this comment but it is mainly to wish you well. I may not be able to come again, though one never truly knows. I’ve been to so many of the towns on the map over ~25 years that I’ve confused them and thought I could revisit *all* again for old times sake, then strike out to new territory I’ve not covered (by day trips only, not camping), however there isn’t time. The choices are painful to me because there is beauty and then there is “breathtaking beauty,” by which I mean the kind that for me brings tears to my eyes. I don’t know why, only that it is true. All best to you-I can see that you are not wasting decades of your life on things others chase (and so often simply because others say “it’s the thing to do”, or seek ultimately illusory things like safety). I don’t know what you do at other times of year/days off, but what you place here on the internet (for free!), we should all be so grateful for. I imagine I’m not at all unusual among those who’ve found your channel and wish we could sit down for a beer (I don’t drink beer- just an expression!) or phone you and ask “which mountain of two today... would ‘this one’ be an easy 6 hours or a hard 12+ with some risk?” Maybe, Zen Hiker, if you ever take a fall and must physically rest while healing, you could have a website (behind a paywall or not) where you might answer such questions for “we who are not worthy.” (That last quotation is from a US-American or British comedic movie, perhaps from before you or I were born.) Maybe some of your subscribers are capable climbers, but I’m not. But that’s okay. Right, I’m off to see if I can cry a river! By which I mean: be as happy as some say they are when they witness a child being born. Some days and experiences are special. They are what life is; not found in preparing to live one day (in the future), or in reflection upon prizes won in the past. Being at one with nature as you said in reply to a subscriber who asked you if you felt “alone” out there you said NO. Being in Nature is like being with a stern, loving mother, or for some perhaps still more transcendent, whether nature cares for us or not. I apologize for the length of this comment and some repetitiveness: I am exhausted by many things of no interest to anyone else (or if so, those persons need someone else’s concern). I do wish I could stay here forever.

    • @margaretlavender9647
      @margaretlavender9647 2 роки тому +2

      What a wonderful post! You have so much experience of going to different places, you really should write a book before you really do forget, as you say you are now doing. So, where were you? Were you on the Grindelwald side, not seeing the North Face of the Eiger? You seem to have been in the wrong place but not knowing it, quite a few times. I’m glad you eventually found your way to Kleine Sheidegg and that OUTSTANDING view of the amazing deadly North Face. My husband and I were definitely not climbers! But he very much enjoyed walking, whereas I have loathed it since being a small child. Cars are to get you from A to B !! That’s why I adore Switzerland, because of all its cable cars to get me to the views I love but have NO intention of walking let alone hiking! I particularly love the Bernese Oberland, the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Oh the times we’ve driven up that right to the end, and up in the cablecar to Murren, and Piz Gloria. That VIEW! We were up there in Aug 1967 when the restaurant had only just opened to the public after the Bond filming of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Our daughter was 2 months old, our son 4 yrs and we were camping on the outskirts of beautiful Interlaken…..So on the train to the top of the Jungfrau. SO wonderful. But my husband put the bag of nappies down in the snow. Oh dear!!! Wet before using them! And another trip naturally, up to Kleine Scheidegg, just one of many visits, the last one with both children when aged 17. Then just us on our own…..THE best memory is of lying in our backs in the grass, lying there gazing up at the North Face, the White Spider, etc etc. Absolute bliss!! Wed read all the books in the 1960s so to go there as often as we could was truly wonderful. Fond memories only now, as I’m 82 and not well with arthritis, and my husband died 17 yrs ago.

  • @Simon-bu4kc
    @Simon-bu4kc 2 роки тому +15

    is there any footage of this being built? would love to see how they did it... rappeling down from above?

    • @reactivereplays5666
      @reactivereplays5666 2 роки тому +3

      I was thinking the same thing. The way they had those VERY specific ladders HUNDEREDs of feet up... Painstaking I'm sure...

  • @irinaportugez927
    @irinaportugez927 2 роки тому

    Вау ! Вау ! Вау ! Невероятно !

  • @AlansWoodworking
    @AlansWoodworking 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much for posting this. I climbed the Allmenalp 15 years ago before I got a GoPro and watched your video thinking "Did I really climb this"?

  • @tackyman2011
    @tackyman2011 Рік тому

    Imagine this on a windy day.