Eiger Sanction – Swiss – Alps 27

We drove to nearby Grindelwald and took the Eiger Express gondola to see the Eiger, Monch, & Jungfrau. That is the Ogre with the Monk in between protecting the Young Maiden, or so the legend goes.
The sun is just illuminating the ridges. Would you look at those glaciers?
We start hiking down into the sunshine. That is the village of Murren nestled on the edge of the cliff behind me.
We come across this place to take a break with a view of the Wetterhorn. That ridge far on the distant horizon is where we biked to yesterday: Gross Scheidegg
Today we are first heading to Kleine Scheidegg, nestled in this valley.
The weather has warmed up nicely and I am thirsty!
And we have worked up an appetite.
Wow! This is a Swiss Rosti. A pile of potatoes, with bacon & melted cheese, topped with a fried egg. Hearty mountain hiking fare.
We continue to enjoy the Eiger’s North Face and the Moch as we hike some more.
As we hike down back to Grindlewald, we ask why some mountains are called “horns”? Seems that they have been carved by 3 glaciers which leaves the horn in the middle. To visualize, pick up 3 glasses in one hand – that empty space where the 3 meet is where the glaciers did not carve away the rock.
The Eiger Express  gondolas (hold 26 persons!) with the Wetterhorn. We are happy there is not a sanction out on us and that we have not run into Clint Eastwood or George Kennedy today. Ha Ha Ha. But we would have bought them a beer…
Returning to Grindelwald on this how-could-it-be-better crystal clear fall day. Pure Satisfaction.

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