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JULY 20, 1908
Today I got up at 6, had breakfast, and took
off at ½ past 6. The path was almost vertical.
At ½ past 8 I arrived at Bertha-Hütte (a shel-
ter), where a woman with a child was keeping
things tidy. There were already two tourists
from Berlin there who had not yet ascended the
peak due to the cloudy weather. At ½ past 9 it
cleared up and I ascended the peak alone, whi-
ch was a two-hour effort. The marked trail le-
ads twice past tall rocks, where thick ropes had
been installed to prevent people from falling
off. It was difficult walking towards the peak
because it required climbing almost vertically
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on scree, which kept rolling and thunderously
falling into the depths. I finally succeeded in
getting to the top. The clouds at the top were so
thick that I could not see anything. I had to wait
2 hours until it cleared up. But then I was tre-
ated to a magnificent scene. Towards the east,
the tall peaks of the Karavanke. Towards north,
the lakes Wörther See, Ossiacher See, and Faa-
ker See surrounded by mountains. Towards
the west, Villach in a valley with the winding
Drava, appearing in the glint of the sun as if it
were silver. It meanders for a long time before
it gets to Rosenthal. To the south, one can see
Mount Triglav with its tall peaks. After I had so-
aked in the views, I went looking for edelweiss