Hellhound (rock)
The Hellhound is an up to 80 meter high climbing peak in Saxon Switzerland climbing region . It stands above the Wehlgrund near Rathen .
Naming
The rock has three summit heads. It got its name from the first person to climb Rudolf Fehrmann, derived from the three-headed hellhound Kerberos of Greek mythology . Fehrmann originally called the summit "Höllenhundspitze", although in the years that followed, it was mostly shortened to its current name in the parlance of mountaineers. The shortened name has also been used officially since 1965. The name “Zerberusturm” was also used for a while, but it did not catch on.
Climbing importance
The Höllenhund was climbed for the first time by Rudolf Fehrmann, Oliver Perry-Smith and Artur Hoyer on September 17, 1905. Today's Alte Weg is rated V according to the Saxon difficulty scale and VIIa when climbing over the support point .
The over 80 m high, south-west facing valley side of the Hellhound is of particular importance for climbing. This exposed wall is characterized by a distinctive honeycomb structure in the lower part and its vertical, partially overhanging position. In the years after the Second World War, it was one of the great challenges for climbers in Saxon Switzerland at that time and is still one of the well-known "great walls" of the area. In 1955 Dietrich Hasse and Rolf Weigand successfully climbed the valley side of the Hellhound for the first time. The path known as the valley path is now classified with difficulty VIIIa and is one of the most popular paths in this difficulty range. Despite the length, there are only three retaining rings due to the richly shaped wall structure with many hourglasses . In the years that followed, further paths were developed up to difficulty IXb in the wall, including in 1966 the men's part (VIIIb) by Dieter Rülker and Bernd Arnold and in 1967 the violette intersection (VIIIa), also by Bernd Arnold. There are now eight climbing routes with nine variants leading through the wall. A total of 37 routes lead to the summit.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Gundolf Braun: 50 years Talweg am Höllenhund , Der Neue Sächsische Bergsteiger - SBB newsletter, edition 3/2005, pp. 37-39 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Hans Pankotsch, Dietmar Heinicke: The names of our climbing peaks . Saxon Mountaineering Association, Dresden 2013
Web links
- German Alpine Club rock information system - Rathener area: Hellhound
- Photo of the Hellhound valley side
- Brief description of the valley path
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ' N , 14 ° 5' E