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7:48: I hike down to Wengwald to take the cog train to Kleine Scheidegg.
My friend's kids, 6.5 and 4.5 years old, are riding the same train with their tiny bicycles to go to school. Usually, they're unaccompanied.
In the winter, they'll go to school with their sleds 
8:08: Arriving in Kleine Scheidegg station, 2061m, where I need to change to another cog train.
The cafe has excellent espresso and high-speed WiFi.
9:08: Change again in Eigergletscher.
The ticket to Jungfraujoch is 150 CHF... Ooouch! 
It's a round-trip ticket... right?
A weird helicopter with double rotors and no tail rotor is hovering the train station.
Must be a Kamov...
https://www.heliswissinternational.com/en/flotte/kamov-ka-32-a12/
"The most powerful heavy load helicopter, twin engine with coaxial rotor system and lifting capacity up to 5 tonnes."
The next train runs the entire length in a tunnel carved into solid rock
There's a midway station at 3160m. The train makes a 5 min stop here, giving passengers a chance to take a tunnel to an observation deck with windows. But today the windows display a solid grey curtain of fog.
Google Translate did a decent job translating from the German version:
20 years of partnership
The highest post offices in Japan and Europe.
On Mt. Fuji (2305m above sea level) and the Jungfraujoch (3454m above sea level).
July 1993-2013
They had cog trains already climbing up to Eiger in 1898 and all the way up here in 1912!
The view outside the station is something that photos can't convey.
I'm a bit under-equipped for this altitude, wearing just a light jacket over a t-shirt, Thai jeans and summer sneakers 
The tunnel opens into a chamber containing ice sculptures.
Suddenly, a white dragon appears! Roll a d20 for initiative...
It's surrounded by three peaks: Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau
(don't ask which one is which in my photos 
)
With my inadequate gear, I leave the station for a quick hike to the Mönchsjochhütte, the highest point I will reach today.
Serving alcohol at this elevation is insane... but grandpa next to me is having a bigger beer than mine... I will probably survive... I just have this slight, persisting headache... 
+ the flags for the cantons of Valais and Bern. We must be on the border between them!
