Another year and we were again planning on an alpine trip. I was now working in Crawley and but the fortune of life, this was also where Ken was working, so we had ended up sharing a house.
Our preparations this year were much as before, but we decided to try out the Bernese alps with the target of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau.. and we would take my clapped out Ford Cortina, (the yellow Peril).
We would start at Kandesteg for a warm up, then move over to Grindlewald for the main event.
The drive down was much as the previous year, and we arrived into Kandesteg with enough time to realise that the town was mainly a centre for getting on the train to go through to the Rhone valley ... we were too scared of the price to actually use it, as our preconception was that it would be expensive .... it would not be for many years before we actually tested the theory and found it completely wrong.
We rolled up to the only camp-site in town - under the chairlift - and duly set-up before retiring to the bar, ostensibly to plan for the next day.
Our preparations this year were much as before, but we decided to try out the Bernese alps with the target of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau.. and we would take my clapped out Ford Cortina, (the yellow Peril).
We would start at Kandesteg for a warm up, then move over to Grindlewald for the main event.
The drive down was much as the previous year, and we arrived into Kandesteg with enough time to realise that the town was mainly a centre for getting on the train to go through to the Rhone valley ... we were too scared of the price to actually use it, as our preconception was that it would be expensive .... it would not be for many years before we actually tested the theory and found it completely wrong.
We rolled up to the only camp-site in town - under the chairlift - and duly set-up before retiring to the bar, ostensibly to plan for the next day.
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| | | Arrive Kanderstegg | |
| Blumesalp Hut | | | |
| | | Wildi Frau | |
| Retreat | | | |
| | | Move to Grindlewald | |
| Rain Day | | | |
| | | Untergrindlewald Glacier | |
| Obergrindlewald Glacier | | | |
| | | Rain Day | |
| Rain Day | | | |
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