Gipfelaufschwung

English translation: rise to the summit

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German term or phrase:Gipfelaufschwung
English translation:rise to the summit
Entered by: David Hollywood

15:49 Jan 11, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Gipfelaufschwung
Wir haben nur noch das Gletscherplateau zu überqueren und dann den Gipfelaufschwung hinauf.

Part of a climbing report. Thanks.
markj
rise to the summit
Explanation:
The final rise to Slioch's summit from the false summit to the south east.
Click image to return to thumbnails. The final rise to Slioch's summit from the ...
www.challenge284.org.uk/slioch10.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
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David Hollywood
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4 +3rise to the summit
David Hollywood
3 +1rise to the peak
GT-Translations
4final rock step (onto the summit)
@caduceus (X)


  

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rise to the summit


Explanation:
The final rise to Slioch's summit from the false summit to the south east.
Click image to return to thumbnails. The final rise to Slioch's summit from the ...
www.challenge284.org.uk/slioch10.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages


David Hollywood
Local time: 16:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60
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agree  GT-Translations: this is also a good translation
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agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
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agree  Francesca Callegari
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rise to the peak


Explanation:
All we have to do is just cross the glacier plateau and then climb the rise to the peak.


GT-Translations
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Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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final rock step (onto the summit)


Explanation:
Ein Aufschwung (rock step) ist eine steilere (oder auch sehr steile), meist felsige Passage und ein Gipfelaufschwung ist der letzte, meist sehr steile Aufschwung zum Gipfel.

Gipfelaufschwung
http://www2.uibk.ac.at/aavi/archiv/bgtr/tn/bgggrat.jpg.html

Auf ca. 6600 m geht es nur über einen fast senkrechten 50 m hohen Aufschwung weiter.
http://www.amical.de/expedition/shishapangma/diary_1.php

Über diesen Rücken geht es immer weiter bis zum letzten steilen Gipfelaufschwung. Hier vorsichtig weiter zum Gipfel.
http://www.seilschaft.it/piz_daint.htm

Der Aufschwung selbst ist recht steil und erfordert ein Minimum an Schwindelfreiheit.
http://www.gipfelsuechtig.de/touren/allgaeu/allegipfel.html

Anfangs über steilere Aufschwünge...
http://www.bergnews.com/touren/expeditionen/mustagh_ata_tour...

The Hillary Step, an over 70 foot rock step, is named after Sir. Edmond Hillary, who in 1953, along with Tenzing Norgay, became the first people to summit Everest.
http://www.everestnews.com/everestnews/camps.htm

A steep rock step is aided by a fixed rope which, when we were there, continued all the way to the summit even where the way became quite flat.
http://www.adventurealternative.com/info_kinabalu.htm

The mixed climbing of the rock step requires care and precision...
http://www.cosleyhouston.com/hohlaubgrat.htm

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Local time: 13:40
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