North Face Page #4

I'm too old to be saddling maidens.

Glacier tours!

Look who's coming.

Bartolo Sandri and Mario Menti.

- Who are they?

- Italians.

Another couple of fools.

Come in a train, leave in a coffin.

Quite a place, hm?

You know what the best part is?

It all counts as travel expenses.

- Hello.

- Arau.

- Mr. Arau.

- Yes.

You have a magnificent room

with a view of the North Face.

Your wife will be delighted.

Too bad we're just colleagues.

Pretty busy up here.

All crackpots like you.

Well?

Nice room?

Yes.

It's even got a bathtub.

Really?

I don't suppose it's that cozy down there.

I'll start a fire and cook dinner.

You finish pitching the tent.

Are we married or something?

Don't talk, pet! Work!

Now I know! You remind me of my mother.

- I am your mother.

- Grandmother.

Mother-in-law.

And that's the spirit

of the German conqueror...

manifested in the battle

against the mountain.

Bound together in life and death,

the climbing partners dream of ice and rock.

Do you see?

The reader has to feel

Like he's really there,

that's what makes a good story.

The German soldier dreams of when,

having fought to the summit,

the world shall lie at his feet,

and above him shall stretch

the limitless sky.

That's a mouthful.

I adore this kind of thing.

Yeah?

You adore Richard Wagner too.

In any case,

with great photos,

no one reads the words anyway.

Did you see the French team's iron?

They won't get as far as the Rote Fluh.

The Dagos don't even have ice axes.

Look who's coming.

Mr. Angerer and Mr. Rainer from Salzburg.

Hello, boys.

Look who we have here.

Heil Hitler.

We wondered where you were.

After all,

this is a gathering of professionals.

Were you on the wall today?

Scouting around?

No.

Picking mushrooms.

How high did you get -

picking mushrooms?

What's for dinner?

Barley soup.

You say the German alpinist...

dreams of the limitless sky?

Very interesting.

Would this be race-specific?

I wonder, for example:

What does...

the Austrian dream of?

A Greater Germany.

At least the Aryans among you.

I wouldn't know

if that also applies to you.

I was talking about mountaineers.

Now they are a breed of their own, hm?

Aren't you homesick for Austria?

Schuschnigg...

can't hold out much longer.

When Germany annexes Austria,

we'll be home in the wink of an eye.

And then we call the shots.

- It'll be our turn then.

- Aha.

I don't know if I could take being exiled.

Did you see our iron?

Steel pitons, rope, only the best,

and all paid for by the SA.

What do you have to do in return?

Be the first ones at the top.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15

The tunnel has a total length of 7.4 km.

And it took 15 years to build.

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