Bivouacking in Austria

Hi everyone,
My name is Florian and i am living in Austria (the one with the cows, not the kangaroos). I have two major passions in my life computers and moutains and i am going to share the latter with you in this post.
I am fascinated by the peaks surrounding me in every single aspect so:
I climb,
I hike,
I bike,
I ski.
Thinking about a bivouack an a close mountain around 2600m high for a long time, this summer i finally found the time to it and it was a moving experience i hope i can convey. Seeing strong storms rage and lightning strike at the horizon, i didn't get much sleep to be honest, but still i was wide away at 03:50 am.
It is pretty hard to transport feelings in pictures, but i hope you can imagine what it felt like to sleep "on the top".

Starting on a hot afternoon

Rising slowly but steadily

We came across a alpine hut, or a "Schutzhütte" how they are called in Austria

Near the ridge we had to cross snowy patches. The mountains are called "Totes Gebirge" meaning dead mountains because of the superficial lack of life

The sun was going down pretty fast, but we were stunned by the beauty

After five hours we were approaching the peak, just as the sun went down

Looks uncomfortable and windy and so it was.

The stars and the cross at the peak were stunning

Me enjoying the, very cold, sunrise

Breakfast was pretty windy too

The sun came up just around 05:00

And it got warm pretty fast

Since we had almost two thousand meters to decend, we left early to outpace the upcoming storms.

I hope you enjoyed my night out in the mountains and i was able to give you a glimpse of the beauty of the alps.

Florian