It was with great relief that after an arduous all day journey from Innsbruck that I summited another European high point although this was very much in doubt up to the last minute. All started fine as I left Innsbruck station on time, transferred to a bus in Mittenwald, Germany bound for Garmiesch-Partenkirchen (a.k.a., GaPa), sort of a Leavenworth in Bavaria, which is generally considered the staging ground for Zugspitze. Armed with my GPS-enabled mobile app (Mapy.cz, fantastic Czech app), I immediately set out from the train station at 9:58 for the trail to Knorhütte via the Reintal Valley which is the non-technical route. Being a Sunday (and a German holiday weekend, I think), the crowds were insane. Having done little research on the approach, I followed the masses into the gorge where there was a
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