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21 Aug 2010

wechsel peak

'Wechsel' actually means 'change' in English, but also 'bill of exchange', 'draft', etc. Here it is the name of a mountain, and probably the German meaning is derived from 'Wechsel' as in 'Wildwechsel' = route, path deer use in the wilderness: it would make sense there. :)

Anyway, this isn't Wechsel peak but one of its minor cousins, and in the background you can see (from left to right) Stuhleck mountain (the not-so-rocky-one), then rocky Rax massif and Schneeberg mountain.

I had to put in a great deal of effort to get to this place; it is one of the fountain streams of Feistritz river, one of many medium-sized Styrian rivers:

(I really had!! I'm still very tired as I write this; strangely enough, Wechsel is an easy tour, but I took a difficult and long route.)

I left my flat shortly after sunrise, this photo however was taken close to sunset - when I was almost back at my car again. I fear there'll be some pain from sunburn and sore muscles tomorrow but it doesn't matter, I had a great time up there!