Col d'Audannes 28 Aug

20160828 104537 First ladder of the day, right near the top station at Anzére 20160828 104544 The impressive south side of the Oberland 20160828 122957 Up at 2600 m heading for the Col 20160828 123003 Christine kept calling it "lunar"
20160828 124229 a last steep pitch up 20160828 124613 then over the other side and down some ladders 20160828 124621 we are headed for that lake 20160828 124957 it was steep up there!
20160828 130309 but the hawser was easy to hold 20160828 130749 I tried to get her to lean back... 20160828 130750 but she had her own way of descending 20160828 130812 The Col was the easy way over this cliffy ridge
20160828 132303 a shale-y landscape 20160828 132324 down, down to the lake 20160828 132619 cliffs 20160828 132625 cliffs
20160828 132815 look at those strata! 20160828 133227 the trail wasn't too bad 20160828 141434 finally at the lake looking back toward the cliffs... 20160828 141443 and the so-called Col
20160828 142534 then a level stroll 20160828 142608 a bit bleak 20160828 142801 but if one looked down... 20160828 142809
20160828 145512 a peak called le Serac (like a cheese) 20160828 145517 along we go 20160828 145935 the Alpes Vaudoise 20160828 152102 Christine on the ridge of Arpelistock
20160828 152843 with Andreas who came over the top 20160828 153941 down the ridge with les Diablerets in the background