Im sure gloom and his daughter tamara are on their way to their refuge. And they can only get to it in a pinch collar and all terrain military vehicle. Up but. Its not unusual for there still to be this much snow at over two thousand three hundred metres in light money its the start of the season for tomorrow and her father. The family look after the lots funds cross refuge. To do that they leave their home in the valley for five months and move up to the mountains. Youre. All. Thats left of my little here its a sign of being back here for the first time after the long winter is a very nice feeling its like coming home when you enter the hut for the first time. It has its own special smell here weve been here for sixteen years now yeah i mean. When youre out here you think because i grew up here and this is where my love of the mountains was born. In so some adjourning which tomorrow will experience a big adventure. And shared longer isnt just a hot war hes also a sacristan lots once crosses the highest altitude pilgrimage site in the south to all of this figure of jesus is part of the pilgrims trail that leads to the church. Seems to me like youre closer to heaven here we were raised that way that faith means something. To me i think people have to believe in something i hope he looks down at me a little when i go up and down here. And everyone can use a Guardian Angel shooting or you can make out. The it sounds terrible is italys northernmost province the lats phones cross is situated high above the isaak valley which stretches from the brenner past a bald santa and is one of the most important links between northern and southern europe. Germans and austrians the brand of pass has always been the gateway to the south in the one nine hundred sixty s. The roots still led along the road over the pass. Cars lined up at the border customs post beyond it their first cap and chino was waiting i dream of it. Today the brand is the most used pass in the alps more than twelve million vehicles cross it every year. To help solve the problem of noise and emissions transport has to be shifted to rail. Thats why the brand a base tunnel is under construction. Look up p. O. V is and runs the building site on the south carolinian or italian side the tunnel would be sixty four kilometers long the longest underground railway line in the world. For the moment. But i meant that. One of the most dangerous moments is always when we work with explosives. Weve lost a lot. Weve used six hundred fifty kilograms of explosives so far its particularly risky when we attach the load. If one fuse were to trigger that would be a disaster. Look up his team are currently working on a tricky section the perry adriatic sea its the most distinct geological fault in the alps formed when european and african tectonic plates collided. Over going to the other side of the. Crossing the perry a dramatic scene is very tricky where this fault line has never been crossed in tunnel construction because. And. The rock is very unpredictable and very brittle in places thats why we have to work with great precision and i said well talk often end up its wanted more than one hundred sticks of dynamite are needed to blast two to four metres of rock. The tunnel is set to open for Rail Transport in twenty twenty six the costs have been estimated ten billion euros the tunnels construction is politically controversial its an important Infrastructure Project say proponents but critics say its a black hole sucking up billions. Looka has overseen many explosions but theyre never routine the preparations last several hours the fuse lines are connected last. Seen the point im going to cure result since were in a closed space theres a big pressure wave the whole mountain shakes as does the ground anything or feet it will convey the it feels like a major earthquake if you dont get that all. The lots funs crosses one of the loveliest vantage points in the dollar mines the season has begun for the longest family. Breakfast is sacred to them tamara her mother margaret her father hans yog her sister catalina and kitchen hand colorado i. Think. Its the only time of day for us where we can ask then time with each other for half an hour thats why were firm with the guests and tell them breakfast is only served from eight this is our have allison the highest and. Its cold as in most of the refuges in the alps hikers can spend the night here in addition to being fed and watered. The family has plenty to do before the first guests arrive at noon. They prepare the classic alpine hunt dishes especially the fresh bacon dumplings. Just the thought of the motivates many a hiker to make their way up the mountain. Imagine their disappointment if the dumplings werent on the menu the longest will be preparing thousands of them over the coming months and. Even as a teenager tamara spent every summer in the heart helping her parents. Familiars film here family its really important to me not many have such a good family relationship as we do most of the time were up here with each other sometimes its tough because we say much more than we should and ways that are gentle. The mess out so we get really direct with each other so i get back. To maras father was a successful ski mountaineer and he worked as a truck driver it was his idea to take over the hot. Only if i dont have to cook his wife said thats why tamaras father is in the kitchen while the mother serves. The. Kitchen hand colorado from naples assists them. With. Some hikers come for the shredded pancake or. Others for the magnificent view accompanying their meal. The government yet i think seen this beautiful panorama every day in a new way really affects one it triggers something in us and i know how people always tell us we have the best place to work but its quite tough for me because i get no time to myself its a nice place to work but when you go out in the morning and you see the lovely weather youd rather climb up the mountain than work that you lowest cell back in an adult with. Its particularly lovely when theres an inversion and the dollar might show their very spectacular side. Tamara calls them her playground her father took her into the mountains when she was a child at fifteen she decided shed climb an eight thousand me to pick one day. He finished in the bathroom so i feel so at home in the mountains i havent more so than anywhere else though some feel claustrophobic here but i enjoy it because there arent so many people and youve got time to let your mind i wonder if theyre going on if god dont divide matters like. Tamara loves extremes she won ski mountaineering competitions she has participated in trans alpine races and now shes carving out a career for herself as a mountain near. She climbed her first eight thousand meter peak when she was twenty three lots of she now has a manager and sponsors. Shes planning to climb k two the second highest mountain on earth after mt everest. Base is starts said the greatest feeling for me i love finally lives and working on a new goals and being exhausted in the evening i love falling into my bed completely shattered thinking that was a great day off thats how i would look back. Sutter all has dozens of castles and palaces from which the trading routes between the north and south were once controlled. Cosper castle in the eyes and valley is one of the few that still inhabited. To those are global or has spent almost her entire life in the castle her parents grandparents and great grandparents worked as farmers in the service of the counts who lived here she was made and confidant to the last lady of the castle. Of the boards of all men. Living in the castle has disadvantages. You cant heat it like a flat. But when youve grown up this way you dont miss those kinds of comfort i dont need them but ill hell finish dont assault the wealthiest. The kitchen doesnt even have running water. Islamophobia there was six of us siblings and the other five got married and i didnt because i loved the castle too much i never wanted to leave at some point my parents got older and were dependent on me so i stayed on and ive stayed ever since in the get me to. The history of the castle goes back to the twelfth century for a long time it was the ancestral home of the council vulcan she died. In the late one nine hundred sixty s. The family ran out of money and had to sell the place its now and by south Wales Councils association. Today is a globe or gives visitors guided tours in the summer but things are quieter in the wintertime. On the lonely at times but i can always go down into the town if i want some company but soon i come back to my animals i never stay away for long. She looks after the animals mainly on her own only a brother comes by to lend a hand so far today is a has turned down all her suitors. Every year on the third saturday in june the black crosses carried up to lots once cross as sacristan longer has to prepare the service. Calvinist for me sean wish to keep it nice its nice to know that faith is important to me. But im not a big church goer. I dont pray for hours every sunday. Afternoon it almost means more to me to go down there in the evenings and check whether the candles are all out yet dance and think about the day for a couple of minutes and see if. The procession with the black cross begins in the valley at five in the morning its a good seven hour hike to the church. Of us and. There is the cross was erected here for the first time in around seventeen hundred to ward off bad weather hail or destroyed the harvest for three summers in a row. In. A shoestring invoice when i talk to the people on the subject of weather always comes up i tell them if they carry the black cross up to me they will fix the weather its always a special moment for me. But it makes this place complete. Once the black cross is back in its place regular service is a held here at lots fronts cross. Three. Years maisha new years. Was. Nice since. You do. You see. Every sunday a different priest comes up from the valley. Really you a. Lesson on or brixton in german was a bishops see for centuries in the eleventh century the town even hosted a conclave for the papal election is mainland mark is the cathedral whose cloistered boasts well preserved frescoes dating from the fifteenth century. This young man is used to posing in front of attractive backdrops know about birchard works as a model he was discovered after he had his picture taken my professional photographer who referred him to a Fashion Agency in milan. One photo shoot follow the next norbert spoke almost no italian at the time let alone english. He grew up in the past saya valley a farming region far from the world of fashion and glamour. When he found that assessed when i got out at milan station for the first time i was amazed at how big and tall everything was there i was from the past arriving in such a big city was an amazing feeling to be. He just finished his apprenticeship as a joiner and started his first job with a prefab Construction Company at the time working as a model took him from his rural surroundings into the limelight. At sears or chippy youre covered in dust and dirt the five oclock then you enter the world of fashion and everything you wear is clean and beautiful and expensive but it made a big impression on me. But he stuck with wood as a material and all but ertl has dared to do something new and turned it into a business he makes handbags with an exotic wood veneer. He got the idea at a fashion show melanne when he saw shoes with high wooden heels he asked himself why not make handbags out of wood he started working on his idea to see how the wood could be bent without breaking. The bicycle or he mining pirate member telling my coworker i was going to make bags out of wood he told me i was crazy theyd be much too heavy and it wasnt possible a great moment was when my boss called me and asked me how i was able to bend the wood like that is installed i felt really proud because he had taught me and now he was asking me questions we might as my. He has a template for every model at four to six hundred grams his bags are no heavier than conventional non wooden bags his innovative spirit is paid off he never would have had this success in a traditional business joiners a two a penny and south of. He even learned to sew for his bags he mainly sells them online and at trade fairs. It was from this moment on what i was convinced from the outset that it would work but i didnt think it would be this hard but it is one thing to bring a product to market that already exists so that people know how it works but it is something nobody knows is tough and then you need patience. And its. And good marketing norbert urkel chose toss book castle as the backdrop for his sales photos. Both. Side i can you. Tell there is a globe or makes an exception and allows him to use the council. Since he only has a small budget norbit has enlisted some of his friends if a fellow join takes good pictures while his headdress opposes the model. So i started looking more at bags than at women i look how theyre made how theyve been sewn together i look at the details its funny that women make my head turn for their bags now. So far his daughter is less interested in fashion. You know what other clothes branching out into travel bags and suitcases. The validator where the longer family lives during the winter. Tomorrow is packing for her planned expedition shell be away from home for two months shes heading off to k two in pakistan among mountaineers its considered more challenging than mount everest. I had an offer in winter but i wasnt interested at the time because i thought it was too dangerous now im really looking forward to it im prepared mentally for the mountain thats important otherwise i shouldnt be doing this. In fact. He didnt solve the part of the equipment they could help prevent her feet from getting frostbite and. Tomorrow will use the camera on a helmet to keep a video diary. And the Satellite Phone will enable her to call for help in an emergency and keep in touch with her family during the expedition k two eighty mountaineers and died in the attempt. I know that chances are fifty fifty that i wont come back im completely aware that with. Everyone in the last ones cross refuge will follow her progress with concern. For. Lots once crosses one of around one thousand refugees in south tirol theyre typically in prominent locations the highest of more than three thousand meters many were built more than a century ago when the mountains began to open up to the outside world. The age of out hearts is in such a state of disrepair that it will have to be completely rebuilt. But a few good and special thing is that the building site has to be conquered a new every time. I have to climb for a good hour to get to it thats an hour during which i think of this building site as a lover i have to find it every day if you. Go there is the architect matteo scan your comes here for a meeting every wednesday he was born in a tree asked grew up in south year all and studied architecture in venice and at harvard university. Designs have won awards but hes never carried out a project at more than two thousand five hundred metres and the new aerial about what has to be built in one summer snow dictates the schedule. His design was chosen in a competition his idea that the new build shouldnt wipe away the evidence of the old heart was particularly convincing. But because of the lovely thing is that two valleys focus their strength and energy on the heart. This small existing building sits like a diamond on the ridge between the two valleys and. My idea was to preserve this treasure and to build the new heart around it like a crown. For innkeeper michel vi steiner the construction work means stress thats because the old heart will stay open throughout and he also has to cook for the builders. So what yeah so far. No matter how. It was important to him that architects matter you scan your incorporated him into the design and took the practicalities into account. The vice dean of family has run the middle of out heart for more than forty years. And yet. This can and a manicure shift every board tells a story the whole building creaks when you walk around in it someone who has to go to the loo in the middle of the night on the top floor can wake everybody up to. The dining room has become too small the workmen are here from monday to saturday they all come from the same village and get along well. Metiria runs an Architectural Office together with his wife. During the hot competition a debate about the architectural style of new refuges broke out in south yarra. Many criticize the designs for being too futuristic they saw the traditional style as under threat. Not least the romantic aura of the old hearts the architects of viewed Energy Efficiency as an important criterion the connection between functionality and ecology. Building in the mountains is different from building in the valley. The fetch one is aimed more to see in picture i have a simple example because i remember when i was little and i was packing a rucksack before going out into the mountain as cheesy on air you had to opt for the minimum so you laid everything out on the table with a pull over a pair of socks gloves two eggs and above chocolate as little as possible in you mean him up a c. B. There thats true in architecture too because i was at it not down on the its not about whether youre wearing laid a hose and and a traditional cardigan or whether its about. Whats essential in me more things for. The a large hunt is the first new construction of a refuge in the south to really and mountains others are to follow in the coming years matteo scan yall is aware that the entire province is watching and discussing his work. With the we we have when they begin to appreciate we know theyre probably their mother but you know if. The new build was not to turn away from tradition the wooden shingles recall the facade of the old heart. Of let me put it down that its you want to get out of the tree and most important thing is to create a dialogue with a tradition that its. If you want to continue the tradition you have to communicate with it and caught up a lot of what i think weve managed with this project but weve also managed to change and develop it. In fifty or one hundred years this will be a really traditional building that and then someone else will develop this tradition further that it was that of course of the sort it. Was. Of that time are no longer has returned from pakistan shes the first woman from south to roll to have climbed k. To have family a proud im relieved that everything went well its time to celebrate and tell stories. Very hard to find out if a little heap of. Batting survived and mountain is absolutely huge and powerful i sensed something sinister and scary its a colossus that makes you wonder where the way up could be it seems almost impossible. To mark climb k two without oxygen tanks and without porters. Shrink. This is because its cold wet and windy its torture i wouldnt wish this on my enemies i dont find injured. People i hope it was a good decision to come up here. Lyden suffering is always the search for limits i want to find how far i can go what more i can do you know if i manage this its so satisfying and one of the best feelings in the world i want for the chance to get front of us he should be a car. Park expedition partner for the climb was klaus glaber also from south youre all. Still so cool off. Point friendship on the mountain is one of the most important things because when youre on your own you can get in trouble if things arent going so well for you you know the other person wont abandon you know if you stick together all the way its a great feeling when youre together day and night its more than being husband and wife. For instance there are. Actors from all three zero its more fodder for experience so bring it. To me cynthia expertise for me these expeditions are a way to grow i go there to get to know myself better i can do that so well here because im flooded with stimulants so fun so free invites people flew the coop and that makes it harder to find myself so to me are. So much fun if were at seven thousand five hundred eighty three metres its our first proper view of the summit. Those requests are strong just think what. Ive really been this fascinated by a mountain. Wow. Believe you finish the summit is the name of a dream that you have and it has a brutal appeal and an immense attraction when i see that the weather is right and that my body is in good shape and my head is in the right place then i want to get up a hill you go out. There for cuts im on the summit of k two its overwhelming. To keep. You can think i found myself again. In one nine hundred ninety one south to load was in headlines around the world. It was a sensation especially for scientists like edouard a garter vigil the discovery of a mummy in the alps this body nicknamed sea after location has now found a home in the museum of archaeology and vault santa the provincial capital of south yarra. Pathologist edouard it got if you will is responsible for preserving the mummy it was a diplomatic bone of contention for some time at first the money was thought to have been discovered on austrian soil it wasnt until seven years later after the border was surveyed again that urgency was returned to italian southie of oil. You know to wish those dimensions of use of course it was known at the time that this mummy was an archaeological anthropological one of a kind specimen of immeasurable value for humanity. And then a rural pathologist is told you are singlehandedly personally responsible for this mummy. Of course you worry about what could go wrong see it and then does she feel like proceed and beasties to die then suppose the temperature fails and the mummy starts rotting for see him. In a refrigerated room the scientists of imitated the conditions of the glacier where the sea lay for more than five thousand years the mummy is covered in a very thin layer of ice it has to be freshened up every three months with sterile water to preserve the tissue. You got if you will develop this method of. Of ation especially for if. Two thousand five thousand years isnt very much in terms of the entire evolution of humanity part for us as individuals thats a very long time here we have a fellow human in an outstanding state of preservation which is very exciting to helping. The scientists keep on covering new details. Beards tooth decay lactose intolerance or helicobacter the list of medical complaints he had is long but the mystery surrounding his tattoos remains unsolved. Recent us demands he a few we know he walked around the mountains a lot. Because his ankle joints are worn hes had problems with his knee his hips are worn as a movie about this it seems he said its possible that these tatoos had a therapeutic goal to lessen his pain. This is what hes believed to have looked like he was around fifty years old one meter sixty tall weighed fifty kilos fit. At sea has brought a Million People through the museum doors and it continues to be a huge attraction. Said steve use to sort this. Movie and you mom is always trigger emotions in people for one thing theres the interest in who am i where do i come from we want to know if this mommy is like a line leading back to our roots. And you can kind of bias it im like faddy i mean so i dont want to hear the same time theres something strange about mommies you to me its the School Leaders so were attracted by this bizarre element this knife edge between a safe existence and the fear of what awaits us at the existence of the angst and thats fascinating of course is the fact. That sea lies in his refrigerated room as if it were a winters day in south of all. During the cold season the ice like valley seems almost in chanted. But the winter has a harsh side too. Snow and storms often arrive by the end of the time. Its high time for tomorrow longer and have family to close the last months cross refuge the parents of worked almost every day for five months then looking forward to their break even though it will take them a while to get used to the hustle and bustle of the valley again its a life between the mountains and the valley goodbyes and reunions followed the birth of the seasons. Of it all aside this is fine when be familiar with and the one hand its nice when a family can return home again when its not so stressful and we can enjoy family life properly again on site and have more time for each other on the other hand we miss the place some invest dogo move inside the first year we had our last day in the hut i looked out of the dolomites and almost cried because i loved it so much they are i was sad to leave us mr locke at the thirty. Stepping into the world of Classical Music with sarah willis the french horn player with the berlin Philharmonic Orchestra goes on a musical voyage of discovery. This time saras in norway right for the ice Music Festival discovering how instruments are made out of ice and experiencing a rather unique concert. In fifteen minutes on d w. Oh. Look at uniteds. Look divides. The club. What binds the continent to claim certain stories of plunging. Spotlight on people. Thirty minutes on g. W. Tells us the story celeb makes us laugh. 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