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...

8 comments:

  1. Mel V.May 30, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    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. Jerry SmithMay 30, 2011 at 4:42 PM

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

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  3. David CrewsMay 30, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    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. Jerry in DallasMay 31, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    Definitely not a place for sleepwalkers!

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  5. UnknownJune 1, 2011 at 1:23 AM

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

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  6. AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 9:05 AM

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

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  7. AndyApril 18, 2012 at 6:42 AM

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

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