Road trip in Europe 2017. Cortina di Ampezzo. View from a height of 3258 meters.
My height in the Dolomites. I advise everyone to look at my photos.
Today is 07/30/2017. How quickly time and summer flies. Early in the morning, I decided to go to the ski lift to climb the highest mountain. I looked at the mountain, and it was all in the fog. The third platform is not visible at all, and the second floats among the clouds. What to do? I thought and thought and decided to go up. I forgot my warm clothes again. When I entered the car, I saw Asians in warm clothes. Paid for a ticket 30 euros with transfers. When the car started to slide up, I wanted to take some pictures. Almost failed. All plastic windows were scratched from the bottom up. There are almost no Russians here. So the Europeans are spoiling. They should be silent when they accuse the Russians and Russia of all sins.
The Alps conquered me.
First transfer at an altitude of 1775 meters. It's getting cold. I did not walk around, and dived into the car to the second station. Clouds began to dance around. They appear, then suddenly disappear. The view around is fabulous. The dog of the Germans began to whine. Out of fear, the dog marked the leg of the Italian, pouring its stench aroma. He, apparently, expressed everything to himself that he thinks about the Germans, starting from the First World War, but at the same time he smiled and said: “Ah !! ! What a good dog. ”
The second platform. Altitude 2470 meters. My knees start to tremble from the cold. The dog, seeing the open door, rushed out of the car, dragging the German behind him. I never saw them again while I was going up and down on the lift. The clouds got thicker. I still hoped that they would scatter.
I moved to the third line of the cable car. Outside the window were beautiful views in the gaps. The climb was very steep. I even got scared. There are such large cracks in the rocks that sooner or later, the rocks will begin to crumble. We moored to the third platform with a thud. The height on the site itself is 3191 meters, and where there is a cafe, then the height is 3244 meters. I climbed even higher with the Asians. So much puffed, but it turned out in vain. The mountain was completely covered by thick fog. No kind. I had to go down to the station. In some places the clouds scattered, and I had time to take a photo. Another wagon brought a new batch of tourists. Suddenly, a granny came up to me with a wand and asked why I had such a big backpack, and I had just bought a new one, but roomy. What was her answer? Said it was a parachute and I was waiting for a fair wind. To jump down from here. She conveyed my words to other tourists from her group. They got everything they could take pictures of and waited for me to jump. I am tired of this. At this time, a wagon pulled up. I told onlookers that there was no tailwind, and even thick fog. I will jump from the second platform and went down. What they thought, I don't know.
Stayed on the first platform. There was no fog, and a beautiful view of the Dolomites opened up. Sat for about an hour, and went to the city. For a long time I walked around a very expensive and noisy town. Where to go? The mountains are also boring. I even dreamed about them at night. Something new needs to be invented.
I just can't believe you have to climb this high. Glory to the builders of the cable car!
Beginning of the cable car.
Forward to the mountains.
In the beginning there were only four of us on the cable car. Then new tourists and a dog were added.
View of Cortina.
Second line of cable car.
I took the first height, or rather drove to it. .
Only forward, but already starting to freeze.
Left view.
My second height, but it's not enough for me.
You can't see anything. Where are we?
Left view.
The cable car is not a car, it cannot go around. Only forward, and only higher.
Something appeared ahead.
The wind blew away the clouds. My ultimate goal is on the cable car, but not the final destination for the hike.
The third height. Ultimate. All out. Further and higher only on foot, or on all fours.
Lookout. I envy these travelers. They are warm, and I am in shorts and a thin T-shirt.
Oh, how I'm cold!! ! Why am I wearing an English cap? For some reason, they don’t like Russians in Europe, and they won’t beat them at least right away. While they figure it out, and I have time to escape, the Russians do not give up screaming!
View from above.
She's down there, Cortina di Ampezzo.
I saw snow, and I froze even more.
What a beauty of the Alps!!!
Breathtaking.
Colored heroes of the Dolomites. They have a very short life, but what a bright and beautiful!!!
Cafe. Height 3244 meters.
The final height is not enough for me, and I crawled even higher, and there was a continuous fog and - 6. I thought that I would rather go down alive than remain a hero in the mountains.
A little warm.
For the rest of my life!! ! I saw this beauty!!!
Better than mountains can only be mountains that I have never been to!!!
Well done Europeans!!!
