Stechelberg, Cable Car to Schilthorn

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Four cable cars, the longest aerial cable way in the Alps, are needed to climb the Schilthorn. These cable cars climb from Stechelberg, past waterfalls on sheer mountain walls to Mürren, then Birg, then on to Piz Gloria, to a round building (then under construction) where the James Bond movie “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was filmed in about 1969.

Most times cable cars go from station to station, one up, one down, passing exactly half-way up, or down. For this first cable car, the top station is high above, and a little to the right of the lower station. The half-way point is a concrete ledge used as the transfer point, hung on the edge of the mountain cliff, high above, and far to the left of this photo. Each car leaves its station at the same time, headed in the same direction, towards the transfer point. At the half-way station, everyone gets out of their car onto a small concrete shelf hung on the side of the cliff, transfers to the other car, then the cars return to the station they just left.
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This is a snapshot of Piz Gloria from the 007 movie mentioned above. My old Macintosh could take snapshots from the TV, the new one can't. And I bet no one at Apple Computer will accept blame for that stupid design decision.