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MOVES

WHAT

US

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T h e F o o t h i l l s

Explore what it means to move as we hike the Berliner Höhenweg in this multimedia experience.

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There is a silence before movement

in our violet shrouded morning—

a pull that grows beneath the ribs.

MOUNTAINS

are calling

the

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Austrian alps cow

47.117262° N, 11.808665° E 

START ELEVATION: 936m

BOOTS: MERRELL

Boots: Merrell

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Resting in hiking boots by glacier river

HYDRATION


The first day is the toughest. Be sure to take electrolytes and mineral supplements to dissolve in your water.

Bring dextrose for an extra boost when you think you've reached your limit.

Muscles burn.

Sweat carves small

rivers down our backs.

The map crinkles in our pocket,

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but the real compass

beats somewhere

behind our

sternum.

GAMSHÜTTE ELEVATION: 1,921m

47.129722° N, 11.795556° E

Goats in the Austrian alps
Austrian hiking cabin with flags

The sun paints gold on stone

as if it’s writing something ancient,

something only the tired can read.

A goat regards us like myth.

We pass glacial silence,

a blue too deep to name.

 

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meteor in Austrian Alps
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PERSEIDS


Meteor shower visible in Late July - August. Lay on the ground looking up at the sky somewhere wild and allow 15 - 20 for your eyes to adjust.

Hand pointing to shooting stars
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Hiking trail zillertal alps Austria

We carry the sky now.

We carry the silence.

And we carry the reason we came—

Berliner hut mountains Austria

to be moved

and to move

until they are the same thing

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snowmelt whispering under rock,

Above the tree line

the world softens -

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clouds brushing the ribs of peaks

as if

to

soothe them.

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47.024475° N, 11.813169° E

CURRENT ELEVATION: 2,592m

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No summit calls us,

just the long unfolding -

a trail turning it's quiet face

toward whatever light came.

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drinking bottles on mountain
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backpack on a mountain
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Mammut pack on a mountain
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quartz in zillertal alps

ROCK COLLECTION

Today you are an archeologist. 

extreme steep rocky hiking trail

GAMS | CHAMOIS


This species is adapted for the alpine terrain & is notably smaller than a goat. 

Spotted individually on remote and untouched mountain ridges.

BOTTLE: SALEWA
BAG: MACPAC

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And we walk on,

not to arrive,

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but to be gently

unmade.

beautiful photo of Berliner Hohenweg landscape

this project was

shot on iphone

The terrain was too rough for my usual camera setup so I decided to see how far I could push the camera in my pocket.

Archival images sourced from the MET collection

© 2025 by Anastasia Armitage

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