Stüdlgrat: caught in a snowstorm
A fine route on the Großglockner, but freezing, partly iced, and a long wait behind a club group.
Machine-translated from the German original. The German version is the one I actually wrote.
Started from the Stüdlhütte. Fine route, no question about that — but the day went differently than expected.
We got caught in a snowstorm. In August, on a ridge, that’s an unpleasant combination: the terrain isn’t hard, but it was partly frozen, and suddenly everything that had been positive was slick.
On top of that, a long wait behind a club group. Waiting in that situation means standing, and standing means getting cold. Franzi only had thin gloves with her, which caught up with her quickly.
The way up took a very long time. On the descent we passed the group and got down quickly — the motivation came back at that point.