European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stain fir my hid Down a Rocky path to the Entrance to sch Fllenberger ice Cave near Berchtesgaden West Germany. Chellen Bergerie Cave cold Beauty within the Alps s,-l7 foil Peak of the i to Chhron the Mountain s Barren Heights Divide  i and from Sal Burg. According to legend the Ullersberg is the resting place of Charlemagne. If you look carefully you can Irace his reclining profile along the Ridge known As s i ii Emo k Lii scr sleeping emperor. I Oral tradition says the general population Learned of the existence of the Cave from Hunters Anil gamekeepers who roamed the mountains. Poachers were said to use Ilas a hiding place. The first will he mention of the Cave was in i b2when in was recorded on a map of Bavaria. Bui in was not explored extensively until 1874. After h17fwhen the Cave was mapped by professor Oberhard Fugger in became an instant attraction for tourists and up clunkers. The first hiking trails to the Cave were built in 1879. But the Cave s biggest popularity surge came after 1925, when the Veren fur Dhle Kunde in Mark Schellenberg built boardwalks and wooden Steps across the ice. 1 his opened up the Cave to visits by people other than mountaineers with crampons and climbing ropes. That year some 2,000 visitors explored the Chilly Depths. In 1987, More than 11,000 made the descent. Visitors enter the Cave at the 5,150-foot level on continued on Page 8 october 1989 Tripti Magazine