The drawing at an altitude of 4000 meters (2 photos) Bashny.Net

In 1999 he took one of the most unusual and crazy jokes. On the Matterhorn mountain at an altitude of 4000 meters was installed a kiosk with souvenirs ...



Matterhorn - one of the most beautiful and majestic peaks of the Alps. It is so unusual and attractive that every year on her ascent going to tens of thousands of climbers from around the world, not counting tourists climbing for two hours at a fairly unpretentious route to a small restaurant at the foot at an altitude of 3260 m. To a cup of coffee in his hall. Here 'civilization' and ends.
To go above already need good equipment and a qualified instructor.
In the instructor usually fall behind people who have considerable experience in mountaineering and received special training and is quite versatile.
And found out somehow figures from the program "Do you understand the joke," that is going to soon lead to the route's client matterhornovsky none other than himself Messner.



In order to at least a little to match the scale of this event, it must be said that seen among the mountain instructors Messner is the same as among professional pearl divers Jacques Mayol meet.
And creeps into their head completely wild and incredible idea. So wild and difficult that they will immediately begin to implement it.
Crew team rented a helicopter, and one of the well obhozhennyh ledges of the Matterhorn, near the huts Solvay, hoisting the most ordinary ... souvenir shop that can easily be found in any offhand take guided their homes. But not at an altitude of 4000 meters. And with the solemnity of the moment prilichistvuyuschim range, not much inferior to his apocalyptic Temple. In kiosk seated "seller" in the fact that neither has a clown guise and accepted wait.
And because of the shoulder shows Messner.
His face runs the whole gamut of feelings a little comparable to even the most distant signs of understanding what is happening. A seller fulfills its role in full. And so convincingly that no one has any shadow of a doubt his sincerity. And Messner gradually begins to boil.
But the apotheosis of the moment comes when kioskёr, "desperate" to ingratiate Messner, offers him supposedly not recognizing someone in front of him actually buy, as undoubted exclusives book "Messner himself," which at that time was only just published and even Messner did not get more copies of their copyright.
And here at Messner finally bursts patience ...