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I have just "won" an additional week of vacation this summer/autumn, and I'm thinking about going to Austria.

Can anybody recommend any good areas/peaks for the middle of September (I'm thinking about Grossglockner/Hohe Tauern myself)?? I might not have a car, so a round trip of 5-7 days from some train station will be perfect.

I'd like to climb some peaks, but as I might be going alone they shouldn't be too difficult (PD, maybe ...

Please post the new summit quizzes here in order to arrange them a bit and not to occupy all the Europe board space with this topic... Well, I don't know why it's here (edited on September 7th, 2010).

Note (15 March 2009): having a bad checksum A/B being A the sume of the numbers of the mountain height and B the last number of the altitude is not decisive for winning because they use to ...

this one should be easy (I think) - but hasn't yet a page on SP


http://www.summitpost.org/image/53664/306683/monte-cervandone-from-the.html

this should be very easy ... I hope :)

http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=429782&context_id=421794

Since #8, #9 and #10 are solved already, here's a new one.

Inspired by Gabriele, who started with more difficult ones. I think and hope this is not too easy.



http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=429756&context_id=421794

now a new one, a little more difficult ... quota checksum = 4 (13), last digit = 2

http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=125112

fine game, let me play :)

http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=429358&confirm_post=7

Hi,
Can anyone recommend on a good climbing gear store in Zurich?
(I'm looking to buy a pair of ice axes and crampons).
How about Grindelwald, any chance to find something there?
Thanks.

#414

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=29220&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10346

Solved:

Since on the page (http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock ... chapter_14) I could not find gear section :roll: I submitting this post.

Can anybody tell me about rope usage on Mont Blanc via Normal Route, Gouter:

• Is it essential or only recommended?
• As I read the most dangerous part is Grand Couloir but according to the information this part should be passed ...