The Alpine chough is most probably the moutaineering star of the bird kingdom and noted for having the highest altitude nests of any other bird species. Here in the deep Austrian alps and high above the Pasterze glacier these bird race through the air with the speed and precision of ,well Alpine choughs I guess!! […]
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All in Balance It’s so hard to describe the beauty of this landscape, the scale of it, the life in it, the colour through it, the majesty of it. From deep in the lush valleys the grey peaks seem a world away, almost disconnected from the peaceful cosy green of heather and forest. From high […]
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“The heart of Austria!”, my cousin exclaimed as we stood on the far side of Pasterze Glacier on the Carinthian side of the border between Carinthia and Tyrol, deep in the Austrian Alps. High in that uninviting world of ice and rock four climbers are slowly making their way up a 45 degree ridge-line to […]
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My cousin Roman had talked about ‘the monkeys’ up in the high alps. How they chatter, whistle and shriek between themselves up in the alpine valleys. I thought he was joking! Monkeys in Austria? Call it something lost in translation or perhaps a local joke but then we spotted a pair lingering close to their […]
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In the deep alps of Austria, lies her heart, the peak of Großglockner, Austria’s highest mountain. As mountains go it might be dwarfed on paper by 58 higher peaks scattered throughout the alps but in absolute prominence relative to the surrounding terrain it stands only second to France’s Mount Blanc. In the heatwave of a […]
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