Pictures from the German Alps
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The Alps, one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretch approximately 1,200 kilometres across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south. The Alps were formed over hundreds of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided.
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Oct 18, 2012 01:43am
Well, Pics are nice but who took these pictures and what month and year is it?
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Oct 17, 2012 01:26pm
I am from Germany and have seen Alpine region all the way from Northern Italy to Switzerland. The landscapes are intensely affecting and it is fair to say "a Heaven on Earth" but it is still far from the Pamit, Himalayas and Karakoram ranges which spread across Northern Pakistan, Northern India, Nepal and Southern China. Mont Blanc, France (highest peak in Western Europe), Zugspitze (Top of Germany) or Jungfraujoch, Switzerland (Top of Europe) is no way near in comparison to what we are blessed with. You can fairly imagine that Mont Blanc is approximately 5000m high while there are more than 5 peaks in Pakistan only which are higher than this.
On my hiking to Jungfraujoch I met a couple and the Lady ask me, Where I came from? "I said, Pakistan". She then said, "Oh! then you must be so used-to of such hiking trails". I said, Yaaaa ummm No." :D :D
Little embarrassing, isn't it?
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Oct 19, 2012 07:51am
What kind of shoes are recommended for hiking of this type?
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