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| pippo52 | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Many people think that the name "Koenig Spitze" means peak of the King. The regal aspect of the mountains made this opinion believable. But the true is less aristocratic! The mountain was, in XVIII century, rich of ironmines . In local dialect of italian side the mines were named "cunicl" , it means "little drift". On the german side the word "cunicl" was changed in Koening because the sound is the same. Ciao Mario | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2003 10:08 am | ||
| Mathias Zehring | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | The first ascent was done by Corbinian Steinberger solo on August 24th 1854. He started at 2 a.m. at Trafoi, passed Stilfser Joch at 5 a.m., crossed several glaciers and reached the summit via the south west flank. After 18 hours he was back at Stilfser Joch. This was such an phenomenal performance that it was long time doubted to be true. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2004 4:23 pm | ||
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