In lieu of a full activation report, I simply post a few pictures below.
There is little I have to add to the excellent report written by @DM1LE, who is the first activator of both DL/WS-016 and DL/WS-017:
Just a few bullet points:
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I do quite a bit of mountaineering, but this long ridge passage was among the longest and mentally most challenging climbs I have done. Over a length of probably 8 km, you are constantly in I-II climbing terrain with a few parts rated III (I actually think the topo downplays the difficulties). There is a very modest bit of via ferrata equipment, but probably not more than a few 100m of these 8km.
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The rock is not super-solid and wayfinding is a problem. Due to SOTA , I left my fellow climbers after the first summit and did the rest in perfect solitude. If you go astray, the terrain gets quickly more difficult. There is no way out if weather changes unexpectedly. Because I was alone and did not carry a rope, I had to climb even the more challenging (short) passages that offer a belay point without any support. I once lost the route and ended up in -IV terrain and had to go back and take another turn.
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Take plenty of water. I took 4l (which I thought was too much and only meant for an unexpected biwak) and needed it all, despite that it was not very hot.
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With the new cable-car out of service, you can only take the old cog-weel car or the Austrian cable-car. The first run is at 8:45, we missed that (stupidly) and had to take the 9:00 run. This is too late to catch the cable-car at the end of the ridge, with the last run at 17:00 in summer an 16:30 in autumn and winter. We thus (expectedly) missed that one and had to descent the further 1200 m in altitude down into the valley. We arrived when the moon was already up in the sky… Take a strong headlight and extra batteries with you.
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Including SOTA (ca. 45 - 60 minutes all in all), I was underway for almost 13:00 hours. The total climbing was ca. 3000m in height difference downhill and 800m uphill, and something between 12 and 15 km distance.
Here is a German discussion of the difficulties: Jubiläumsgrat - Anforderungen [hikr.org]
In a nutshell, it was a great tour! But challenging, mentally and physically.
If you chased me in vain or were annoyed by my grab-and-go activation, please accept my apologies. I knew there were another 7 hours of climbing ahead of me after the last QSO on the second summit (DL/WS-017).
Again, thanks for chasing!
73 de Martin, DK3IT
EDIT: Here is a nice video of the same tour, recorded 2012 by other climbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJGr3iIcVgc