I fell in love with the Alps when I moved to Zurich in December 2008 for 3 years. Hikr was the first stop source of information and inspiration when I, who had never seen snow before, wanted to do the Mythens trilogy and then move on to bigger alpine goals through a logical progression. My first alpine climbing partner also came...

Video preview Background: Ron and I had originally planned to do NE Face of Monch, rated D,but when we reached the hut and saw this NE face of Trugberg so temptingly close (15mins approach hike compared to 2 hours for Monch NE Face), we changed our mind. The fact that neither of us had read any reports/guides about this route...

This is one of those adventures that you unknowingly or unwillingly get into, but feel so happy and proud of when you come out of it unscathed! Ron is an Israeli climber with about 8 years of climbing experience in the US, and had done North faces up to TD- in the Rockies. I am relatively raw, with just over a year of climbing...