Longlines The really big climbs of the Northern Limestone Alps

On the 44,000 climbing metres researched for this book, epochal alpine milestones mix with enjoyable new route creations. Climbing legends like Albert Precht, Klaus Hoi or Heinz Zak comment on their passion for the steep rock. Routes of climbing greats from long ago, such as Angelo Dibona or Hias Rebitsch, are precisely recorded according to modern requirements. And above all the new routes of creative talents such as Ralf Sussmann, Rudi Kühberger or the author himself, which are secured by drill hooks, are dedicated a lot of space. 40 routes, in which you can use drill hooks according to the spirit of the times, but sometimes you have to make do with ailing rust cucumbers. For those who climb off the mainstream, between Rätikon and Gesäuse there is lime in abundance and in all imaginable quality phenomena. Steep red, water c.