In the winter of 1998/99, Wetterstein hut custodian and successful author Charly Wehrle visited his friend and colleague of many years, Sherpa Gyaltsen, to celebrate Gyaltsen's sixtieth birthday in Nepal. Their ten-day Musical trek ended with an exhilarating birthday party at Namche Bazar, a Mountain village at the foot of Mount Everest. All day and all evening long, the eight-strong group played with dulcimer, Double bass, accordion and guitars; it was an intercultural experience of a very special kind for both the musicians and the Nepalese listeners alike.
Accompanying the book is a CD with the original soundtrack, which is a 35-minute mix of Bavarian Music and Nepalese Folk songs. All those who have enjoyed Charly's morning wake-up call at the Reintalanger Hut can now also begin their day at home with the same uplifting music of 'Summer Roses'.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charly Wehrle
Charly Wehrle was born in 1949 in Wangen-im-Allgau. He has lived in Garmisch Partenkirchen since 1973, and divides his time between Garmisch Partenkirchen and his Family in Allgau. He was the custodian of a small Mountain hut in the Oberreintal from 1979 to 1984. During that time, he climbed the surrounding Mountains using most of the classic Oberreintal routes. Numerous ascents of peaks in South America, Asia and Africa followed. He has been the custodian of the Reintalanger Hut (above Garmisch Partenkirchen) every summer since 1986 and remains a passionate alpinist. Amongst the Books he has written are Wande, Grate, Dome (Walls, Ridges, Domes), a documentary book about the climbing world of the Oberreintal; Bergsteiger ohne Maske (Climber Unmasked), a Biography of the legendary hut custodian Franz Fischer; Mit Hackbrett und Kontrabass, about a Musical trek to Nepal; all published by Panico. His fourth book, published in 2002, was Der alte Weg zur Zugspitze (The old path to the Zugspitze), the highest mountain in Germany. With Dulcimer and Double Bass is the English version of his book Mit Hackbrett und Kontrabass.
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