30 May 2011

"Watch that first step..."

Hold on to your chair, then click photo - twice - to enlarge.

This is Solvayhütte (more photos here), and is discussed at Reddit, where note is made of the door that swings outward, which reminded me of the brief scene in (I think) Men in Black II, where a woman knocks on Tommy Lee Jones' door...

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  1. Wow. I love heights - skydiving was fantastic - but there's no way I'd go out that door without a safety line.

    Now I want to take up mountain climbing... Darn you, Minnesotan!

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  2. "...but I parked the car right here last night!"

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  3. I remember visiting this hutte back in 1974 when I climbed the Matterhorn. It is about 2/3 of the way to the top! It's kind of the last pause for the climbers before the really steep stuff at the top. That drop-off is no illusion!!

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  4. Definitely not a place for sleepwalkers!

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  5. it looks like the door swing inward and the shutter swings outward to me

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  6. It reminds me of Charlie Chaplin's "The Goldrush." Ha!

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  7. I don't this that that's a shutter, it looks like a solar panel to me.

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