Sure, being outdoors, living the good life and having a Spydie on me is always great! :)kennethsime wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 6:34 pmLooks like a great time. Are these huts common in the mountains near you?
Yes, there are quite some huts, shelters, cabins of varioud kinds around here:
Hunters or lumberjacks cabins, primitive shelters for shepherds in the lower parts of the mountains, shelters more specifically for mountaineers higher up, some old huts for customs officers (where I live there is the border between Austria and Germany - and there was a lot of smuggling for centuries before the European union was formed, sometimes people made a good living out of it. And custom officers (armed, more like special policeman) patrolled the border, stayed in the huts overnight and were on the hunt for smugglers).
Also, just as a remark: Austria IS a country of mountains indeed, but what many don´t know: We also have a lot of wood here, about 50% of Austria is actually covered with wood, which is 2/3 more than the average of whole Europe
You are so right, and this is really how it should be - but I´d say in Austria certainly more huts are locked than not..Sumdumguy wrote:That really steams me... :mad:
You are always supposed to leave remote hunting cabins unlocked, so someone can take shelter if necessary. It could save a life, in the cold winter months especially.
Atleast, that's how it works in the U.S.
If you leave them unlocked, someone who needs it will(usually) be respectful. Leave it locked, it's likely to be broken into and disrespected.
Not that I would condone such behavior. But, I would have zero empathy for someone who locked it up and came back to find it trashed.
My grandfather would leave a box of non perishables on the counter and fresh bedding folded on the bed. It was used on several occasions and never once vandalized. On atleast one occasion, there was a thank you note left behind, with a little bit of money.
Courtesy begets respect.
But then: Austria is pretty "wild" for middle Europe in many parts, but "remote" is probably still not AS "remote" as in many parts of the US (I´ve been to Alaska and Eastern California / Nevada for example, it´s certainly more "remote" there in many places than you can have it in Austria)
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