| The truth is, I can't remember when I did this. It was in another life, when I was starting out with mountains. My mentor (and then partner) Alf was working in Ladis and one day, when he had a short route planned for his group, I took off to do Furgler.
Easy until the final haul when the mist came down and I nearly gave up. I felt very alone and a bit scared, but sense told me it wasn't a difficult route to find my way back down. All of a sudden through the mist came a young couple coming down. In their t-shirt and sneakers it rather put it all into perspective! Somewhere I have a self-portrait of me at the top, but its pre-digital...
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