Pilatus

This is a day-hike I did with Vishy (Vishwambhar Rathi) on one fine day in Autumn 2003. We climbed around 1700 metres from Alpnachstad to the peak of Mount Pilatus (near Lucerne/Luzern). This is one of my hikes with the highest altitude difference, and definitely the steepest. But the view from the top and the realization that we scaled all that altitude, is really exhilarating.

	CogRail Station at AlpnachStad Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	Pilatus Kulm 4hrs Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	see you at the top Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	Vishy in a defiant mood Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	lazy guys :-) Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	Vishy and Lake Lucerne Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	Lake Alpnach Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	Well, its the steepest cograil in the world Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	after a quite steep stretch Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	come on Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	changing tracks Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	almost halfway Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	target in sight Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	a short break Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	Tenzing before his final assault :-) Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	and Edmund... Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	rocky face Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	do you see the cograil? Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	Vishy Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	just 40 more minutes Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	the last stretch Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	made IT Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	another day, another peak Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	the other approach Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03
	the reward Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Pilatus, Lucerne (Luzern), Switzerland Photograph taken on: 9/21/03