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Article: I LOVE TO GO A'WANDERING; Alps will leave you on a high.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 29, 1997
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You can marvel at the Alps from trains, coaches and planes - even from a boat on a lake. But to get the real feel, you can't beat feet.
Ropes and pitons and climbers' tackle are unnecessary.
Get yourself an Alpine experience walking some of the vast network of footpaths that stretch across four countries - France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. We were doing a day's walk under the Gratlspitz, a bit of a pimple by Alpine standards since it is only 6,000 feet - that's Ben Nevis plus a half again.
In high meadows, cow-bells rang out as the herds ...