Demetz Refugio
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Passo so Sella Italy -- July 20, 2007
Eight of us opted out of the scheduled walks this day and planned to take it easy and
ride a gondola up and back to the refugio for a photo op. I was a bit skeptical of getting
into the gondola after hearing them described as coffins but I went along wanting to rest
my knees. The trip up took about 35 minutes and included a couple of stops as the wind
started to pick up and buffet the coffins (two person with no easy escape). We arrived
safely at the refugio, had our photo ops and then had lunch. As we returned to go down,
we found the lift stopped with people trapped until the lift was repaired. We chose not to wait
(we think some people were stuck for more than an hour) and hiked back down to the bus.
I found the views incredable and was thankful I was not stuck in the confining coffin.