Went to Mt. Languozi yesterday, scene of a famous WWI battle.  The Italians took almost 2 years and eventually tunneled up through over a 1000 ft of vertical mountain and eventually blew the top and the Austrians off the mountain.  Why the hell anybody cared is beyond me, but it makes for an incredible and unique hiking experience.

So you hike up about 1000 ft and then enter the WWI tunnel and climb the stairs through another 1000 ft in the dark.  Well, you would be in the dark if it were not for Clay and his miners lamp, of which he is quite proud.  Finally found the perfect use for it.  It is incredible to think what the soldiers went through to create this tunnel, especially in winter in the moutains.  As you can see, there are still a few miners left0

When you come out near the top, the exposure- the drops are  vertical and about 2000 ft- can be siginficant-

But the 360 views at the top rival any thing I ever seen, including the incredible one I saw in Cerro Lopez in Patagonia-

Anyway we took the cable car down and it goes over the cliff and just shoots down 2000 ft.  Before we left here was the scene -

As the technician got off, he slapped Clay on the back and said "I think it is working.  Good luck!  See you at the bottom, one way or another."

And at the bottom was this van and they had a slogan-

IIt says "eat up the miles and drink in the culture."  I wished we just took this van sometimes.