I managed to put together a new video from my SOTA adventure 2 weeks ago.
Bank holiday weekend and two days with perfectly stable weather finally allowed to follow my plannings.
To make it more interesting: The hike is in a well known ski resort and also in summertime a lot of people take the cable car up to the plateau to start hikes from there. Nothing wrong about that.
But because of repair works it was not operating so a overnight plan came to my mind.
From a hike some years ago I knew about a reliable well near the cabin Luckerhütte. And that turned out to be the perfect spot to combine three summits in two days.
Here the overview map.
First to Wurzerkampl OE/OO-035
then over to Luckerhütte at the base of Angerkogel OE/ST-435. I deposited the bivy gear and took only the radio up to summit. It was getting late that day and fortunatly Sylvia and Peter stayed longer on the summit during their activation to chase me on 2m FM.
I could get more than 4 QSO then on 20m SSB.
I went down the summit, picked up my deposided gear and filled my water supplies. At a surprisingly flat grass area I found the perfect spot of my bivy. Btw. in Upper Austria OE/OO and Styria OE/ST region this is permitted in high alpine areas (as long as they are not part of a national park). OE Alpine association info page on that matter
Next day after some tea and porride for breakfast I continued my hike to Torstein OE/OO-179.
Near the summit I had a very nice encounter. A herd of about 15 chamois was up there. I approached as quiet as possible. But see for yourself in the video.
Btw. I have a new intro for my video.
Thank you for the kind comments.
It worked out very well as you can see. The wx was incredible and allowed such pictures to be taken.
Quick question:
I reduced time for QSO audio quite a bit to keep the video still at a reasonable length.
How do you like the ratio of QSO audio compared to my previous videos?
Thanks for the beautiful video.
I walked from JA/TY-001(3015m) through JA/TY-004 (2926m)with a bivy and a tarp last summer.
I chose bivy because the weather seemed to be good for several days.
I took my tarp as well for the sun shade and for sudden showers.It was very hot even on high places over 2000meters.
Looking south-west from the path near JA/TY-005 Mt.Ryuuoudake.
The brown peak almost in the center is JA/TY-004 Mt.Yakushidake.
The flat area in the middle with a red roof cottage is Goshikigahara.It’s a camp area.
Very nice outing Joe (and nice one too Atsu-san).
Love to see the fauna on outings, except for the snakes
The good old sweat salt stain. Many of my hats look in bad shape with the salt stain. I can’t remove it afterwards despite washing for some reason.
Anyway, enjoy the summer in the Austrian Alps!
Thanks for sharing Atsu-san. A very nice scenery indeed and a popular camp ground as it seams.
Btw. that reminds me to extend my JA licence. One never knows hi
Arnaud thanks for the kind words. The snake is poisonous but for an adult only deadly in very rare cases. (Vipera berus - Wikipedia)
Washing machine took care of the salt stain without problem.