How exhilarating! What an accomplishment. I hiked one mountain in Innsbruck and was never happier to see the cross at the top. Thank you so much Jerome for sharing your explorations and the beauty of Austria with us.
Fantastisch! Sie sehen sehr entspannt und es bis zum Gipfel geschafft zu haben. Schönes Bild. Ich liebe es, dass es oft Kreuze an der Spitze der Berge in Österreich.
@casablanca Ja, sehr viele Gipfel in Österreich sind mit Gipfelkreuzen markiert.
Am Gipfel eines Berges geht es mir meist recht gut. Ich fühle mich dann unbeschwerter, der Atem geht leichter und die Sorgen sind kleiner.
@hrb73 Thank you, Hydee, for your interest and the question!
Yes, many of the high mountain peaks in Austria are marked with a cross - as seen in this photo. The crosses are made of either wood or metal.
In the 16th century, they were used to mark alpine and municipal boundaries. Later, a religious meaning was added.
Especially after the Second World War, many new crosses were built. They were erected to commemorate the fallen or to thank for the healthy return home from the war and captivity.
Often on or near the cross is a container. Therein is a summit book in which every mountaineer can register. It's a kind of guestbook. The entries refer to the date, the weather and the atmosphere during the ascent. But there are also humorous entries, poems and drawings in summit books. In recent times, some summit crosses are also hung with Buddhist prayer flags - the cross in the photo is such an example.
However, I do not want to conceal that summit crosses are criticized from different sides because they represent a Christian symbol in public space and in nature. Reinhold Messner, one of the most famous mountaineers, said: "The mountains belong to all of humanity and should not be linked or occupied with any particular world view."
@mbrutus
Thank you for your nice comment! Please forgive me, my dear friend, for my late reply.
The sky: To shade the edges I used the setting "vignetting". But you could do this also manually with Photoshop.
January 1st, 2018
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Thank you all for this kind response!
Thank you very much for the nice accompaniment to the summit!
Am Gipfel eines Berges geht es mir meist recht gut. Ich fühle mich dann unbeschwerter, der Atem geht leichter und die Sorgen sind kleiner.
Yes, many of the high mountain peaks in Austria are marked with a cross - as seen in this photo. The crosses are made of either wood or metal.
In the 16th century, they were used to mark alpine and municipal boundaries. Later, a religious meaning was added.
Especially after the Second World War, many new crosses were built. They were erected to commemorate the fallen or to thank for the healthy return home from the war and captivity.
Often on or near the cross is a container. Therein is a summit book in which every mountaineer can register. It's a kind of guestbook. The entries refer to the date, the weather and the atmosphere during the ascent. But there are also humorous entries, poems and drawings in summit books. In recent times, some summit crosses are also hung with Buddhist prayer flags - the cross in the photo is such an example.
However, I do not want to conceal that summit crosses are criticized from different sides because they represent a Christian symbol in public space and in nature. Reinhold Messner, one of the most famous mountaineers, said: "The mountains belong to all of humanity and should not be linked or occupied with any particular world view."
Thank you for your nice comment! Please forgive me, my dear friend, for my late reply.
The sky: To shade the edges I used the setting "vignetting". But you could do this also manually with Photoshop.