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Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Lienz

2008-08-26

1951

The tenants of the Lienz Hütte hut, one of my schoolmates, I have also helped a lot. In the spring often to make wood. In winter 1951 we were once inside, as it had so much snow. There was so much snow down to the fence posts have not looked out over two meters of snow. And afterwards the Alpherr there, meal peasant father who, he says. The cabin has pushed it down. Then he says: "Now we'll go look again, as it looks in the pasture." No sooner said, yes, mid-January, avalanche danger was at that time. I said, "No, before the deadline because we are not into it." In March, the beginning of March, we are inside. But the valley was? no bridge, no fence, no stream? all even and calm. Here and there a fox track. In general, no birds around, nothing! And a rest. As you might have to die in there behind the corner. We are down to our cottage, which lies at 1750 meters. If a high level, a large hut. Then we have abzuschaufeln once begun. Was everything in layers. Since there was once a hair dryer, then was again cold. Successively been such fragments. We have pierced them, are so down and slipped off. But then there were the left and right of the hut the snow pile. And the cabin at least 15 meters high. Do I have a photo anyway. because the tenant, the Franzi, says: "No, I will not stay. Since you can not make a fire and the cold? we go to our cabin. "shelter, so good. Since it looked! No trace of a fireplace. In the right corner, where the main wind is a bit has been blown free. Otherwise we would not come in to the door. The corner once exhausted. Then he says: "Yes, I will come once the fire. You have to see where is the fireplace, look out because there is no fireplace. Now I have skimmed off, as far as I filed with my shovel. At the height of the lid was not even from the fireplace. I say, "Do heraufstochern once from below, I know not whether I'm in the right place." Yes, yes, you can hear him well. I still have siphoned off a meter. Then it was four meters thirty! Then only the lid Chen has emerged from the chimney. An interesting thing. And the small trees at all anywhere. Only the old pine, as they have been standing guard at the edges. Beautiful pine in the winter, the needles are all up around the outside and white wonderful.