Guardians of Grail

cheapbag214s · Posted: Sun 2:14, 21 Jul 2013 Post subject: built by King Ludwig II

Alps, not far from the Zugspitze (Germany’s highest point) and the mountain resort of Garmisch Partenkirchen.The Schachenhaus is both a hikers’ hut and a tourist destination in itself, accessible by a relatively easy two-hour walk from the road end below.Hikers come in numbers for the stupendous King’s House mountain lodge, built by King Ludwig II, the crazy monarch who built Neuschwanstein,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Disney’s model for Sleeping Beauty’s castle.Dormitory bed €10, bed in private rooms €15; [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Triglav,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], SloveniaMount Triglav is the Slovenian Everest, and the Kredarica is its base camp. Or rather, its three-quarters-way-up camp, with Triglav topping out at 2,864 meters (9,396 feet) and Kredarica located at 2,515 meters (8,251 feet).That last hike takes an hour, so the hut fills with hikers and climbers preparing for the final push on the summit. The nearest roads are about five hours away by foot, and yet this hut run by the Slovenian Alpine Association is incredibly busy in summer, with as many as