Ascension Chronicles
Jungfrau Climbing the wild ridge of the Innera Rottalgrat
On the border between Valais and the BerneseOberland , I reach for the sky. The Jungfrau beckons. The emblematic mountain of the Grindelwald region, it watches over the Alps alongside the Mönch and the Eiger. It's mid-October and still summer. The fine weather doesn't seem to be giving way to snow this summer.
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