Scott Pierce - Oct 28, 2021 6:50 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1999
Who could turn down a chance to be in 3 countries simultaneously?
During a week-long hut-to-hut hike with my wife.
My unadventurous bride of less than a year agreed to an Alpine tour for the scenery and the exercise. While admitting that rock climbing and summit-bagging might be fine for a daredevil like me when I was off with my friends, they were totally off the table for her.
On the second-to-last day of our trip, during a lunch break, I noticed on the map that the Naafkopf summit is shared by three countries and would be an uncomplicated walkup, requiring perhaps and hour and just a touch of kicking steps up a moderate stretch of snow. I sold her on the idea, and just to be safe, we did a bit of self arrest practice on a nice run out section of snow, although I assured her that the snow soft enough that there was essentially no hazard.
Then we carefully negotiated our way up to the summit cross and took in the view. I climbed up on the pedestal and put my arms around the cross so I could be in Switzerland, Austria, and Lichtenstein simultaneously, but she refused, pointing out that the other side of the cross drops is the top of a cliff.
As she conservatively picked her way back down to the trail, I decided to show off my standing glissading skills. This good idea brought me to minor grief when I hit the rocks at the bottom of the run faster than I'd anticipated. She had quite a laugh while I furtively brushed away the bits of gravel, shards of ice, and drops of blood from my hip and thigh. "Totally, safe, huh?"
This pretty much encapsulates the following 20+ years.
fubar7500 - Sep 19, 2019 3:14 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2019
Did not get to the top as there was way to much snow and I was not prepared for it. Each step I made I had snow until my knees ^^
But I made a great trip with wildlife everywhere.
From Steg to Nenzinger Himmel and then to Malbun and back to Steg.
McCannster - Mar 6, 2013 11:01 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2004
From Malbun
July 2004. Made the lengthy hike from Malbun with my cousin, my mom, and my uncle. Cool mountain, gotta love those tri-points. You can barely see this peak over the Rappenstein ridge from my grandparent's house in Buchs, and I always thought it was a neat looking peak.
rgg - Mar 6, 2013 9:53 am Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2012
A quicky
For most of the day, the mountains on the southern border of Liechtenstein were hidden in clouds, but an hour before sunset it had finally cleared, and I went up from the Pfälzerhütte real quick.
Scott Pierce - Oct 28, 2021 6:50 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1999
Who could turn down a chance to be in 3 countries simultaneously?During a week-long hut-to-hut hike with my wife.
My unadventurous bride of less than a year agreed to an Alpine tour for the scenery and the exercise. While admitting that rock climbing and summit-bagging might be fine for a daredevil like me when I was off with my friends, they were totally off the table for her.
On the second-to-last day of our trip, during a lunch break, I noticed on the map that the Naafkopf summit is shared by three countries and would be an uncomplicated walkup, requiring perhaps and hour and just a touch of kicking steps up a moderate stretch of snow. I sold her on the idea, and just to be safe, we did a bit of self arrest practice on a nice run out section of snow, although I assured her that the snow soft enough that there was essentially no hazard.
Then we carefully negotiated our way up to the summit cross and took in the view. I climbed up on the pedestal and put my arms around the cross so I could be in Switzerland, Austria, and Lichtenstein simultaneously, but she refused, pointing out that the other side of the cross drops is the top of a cliff.
As she conservatively picked her way back down to the trail, I decided to show off my standing glissading skills. This good idea brought me to minor grief when I hit the rocks at the bottom of the run faster than I'd anticipated. She had quite a laugh while I furtively brushed away the bits of gravel, shards of ice, and drops of blood from my hip and thigh. "Totally, safe, huh?"
This pretty much encapsulates the following 20+ years.
fubar7500 - Sep 19, 2019 3:14 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2019
From Steg to Pfälzerhüttepreparing for Grauspitz
kylke - Jul 23, 2016 3:38 pm
From StegDid not get to the top as there was way to much snow and I was not prepared for it. Each step I made I had snow until my knees ^^
But I made a great trip with wildlife everywhere.
From Steg to Nenzinger Himmel and then to Malbun and back to Steg.
McCannster - Mar 6, 2013 11:01 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2004
From MalbunJuly 2004. Made the lengthy hike from Malbun with my cousin, my mom, and my uncle. Cool mountain, gotta love those tri-points. You can barely see this peak over the Rappenstein ridge from my grandparent's house in Buchs, and I always thought it was a neat looking peak.
rgg - Mar 6, 2013 9:53 am Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2012
A quickyFor most of the day, the mountains on the southern border of Liechtenstein were hidden in clouds, but an hour before sunset it had finally cleared, and I went up from the Pfälzerhütte real quick.