Absolute silence. Not a word, no noise, no stress. Just cowbells. I’m sitting at the Seebensee. Views of the highest point of the Wetterstein Mountains: the Zugspitze, which is reflected in the water. I walked here for a good three hours. My head is red from exertion, my body is burning. I still don’t want to go in the water.

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