In reply to AlanLittle:
Indeed, that it was "in the Alps" is also an indication of the outdated thinking still prevelant, a summer outing on the Fleishbank is hardly more Alpine than climbing in the Pfalz, I've spent longer looking for crags in the Franken than it takes to walk from the hotel to there.
And it was hexes and big nuts (and balls!), there's a photo on the FA in Alpin.