On New Years Eve 2008 I went skiing on Stuhleck mountain - and hurt my knee in the process. Surgery was necessary, but for some reasons didn't deal with my cruciate ligaments. And today, my next near-ascent to an Alpine mountain took me back to Stuhleck; my knee began to hurt as I neared the place where the accident happened ... no really! (The place is awfully ugly in summer: some skiing slopes really look kaputt in summer. This shot was not taken there but on the other side of the hill.)
Anyway, after successfully avoiding the peak (which is rather busy with tourists; the shot above is taken from near the peak, with a panorama of Rax and Schneeberg mountain) I descended, and this time without hurting any part of my body. So some victory this was - Stuhleck mountain, I've finally overcome you!
(PS: I am especially proud of successfully having avoided all that cow dung lying around there. No, don't laugh - this indeed was the most difficult task of the whole operation!)
