COLLECT TO DRIVE
GIULIA GTAM
The 750-year-old town of Kitzbuhel, in Austria’s Tyrol province has made a name for itself as one of the world’s most exclusive ski resorts. Just some ninety minutes away from Munich, it has become a destination of choice for the discerning mountaineers who flock to its slopes come winter time and can’t get enough of its jag ged peaks and crystal-clear lakes in the height of summer. Filling up the windows of its many five-star hotels is the Wilder Kaiser mountain range that sits a stone throw away from the German border. A century ago, its barren towering rocks started to attract the attention of Bavar ian climbers and it rapidly became the cradle of the then-nascent sport. Cinema, at the time in its infancy, also developed a taste for the high altitude of the Alps, their unforgiving nature making them a dramatic backdrop for exposing both the greatness and the abyss that sometimes characterise human nature. Bergsfilms introduced the near-mystic allure of the mountains to people who have never seen one before, let alone hike on them…
