stand-er

Updated: June 19, 2025

I am standing at the foot of what, to my mind, is the most glorious of all Alpine wonders the huge Oberland precipice, on the slopes of the Faulhorn or the Wengern Alp. Even on turf strewn with sandwich-papers and empty bottles, even in the presence of hideous peasant-women singing "Stand-er auf" for five centimes, we cannot but feel the influence of Alpine beauty.

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