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The Mount First hike was the second hike of the KISC 2000 campaign. Now everyone has acclimatised during the Oeschinensee hike it is time for some serious walking. For this hike the group was spilt into two smaller groups. The first group consisted of the slower members of the group and also some Ventures who wanted an easy day - although by the end of the day it seemed that they had inadvertently picked the short straw. The second group consisted of everyone else.

The first group took the cable car to Undere Allme gaining 600m of height without walking at all. The second group had to walk all the way from the bottom.

LEFT: Dave and our nervous Scout at the lower cable car station.

ABOVE: Group 1 by the cable car station; Dave tutoring the Scouts in the art of map reading.

FAR LEFT: Group 1 at the top of the cable car station with the Balmhorn in the background.

LEFT: Group 1 on their way to the top with a view of the Doldenhorn (the biggest mountain to the right of the picture) and the Bluemlisalphorn (the biggest mountain to the left of the picture). Lake Oeschinensee can just be seen below the peaks.

ABOVE: A view of the snow-clad Balmhorn.

ABOVE: A view of the mountains on the other side of the Kandersteg valley. The tallest is the Doldenhorn (right) and on the left is the Bluemlisalphorn.

BELOW: Group 1 stop for a rest.