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Fishing for white fish with Peter Wimmer, should be in the text. 4830 Hallstatt, Markt 169 Mobil (0664) 383 49 25 peter.wimmer@bundesforste.at Other people in the boat- man with white beard- Leo Pilz Koydenpunojankatu 8 C 69 00180 Helsinki leo.pilz@gmail.com Born and raised in Halstatt, comes home every summer. "It's like coming back to the end of the world" he loves to fish and hike in the glaciers. Young boy- Manuel Wallner
June 15, 2009
Lake Hallstattersee, Austria
This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel and Culture Photos
Early one foggy morning, fisherman Peter Wimmer leaves a wake in lake Hallstattersee as he motors his crew, including young Manuel Wallner, along the shoreside village of Hallstatt.
See more photographs from the April 2009 issue of National Geographic Traveler story "Secrets of the Lakes."
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