By bus, by hiking and even by cable car, young campers representing 29 countries enjoyed a view from the Austrian Alps and a taste of activating Summits on the Air on the 31st of July, after almost a full week of a Youngsters on the Air camp. They field-tested the QRP rigs they had built in a workshop and they simply took in the panorama, some 2,000 metres above sea level.

Although they found the vistas breathtaking, the highest-altitude experience during their week at the camp was already behind them: Two days earlier, the 94 campers made contact with astronaut Sophie Adenot, KJ5LTN, aboard the International Space Station with the help of the VK1 ISS telebridge station in Australia.

Their camp stay included a visit from another prominent figure - this time, back home on Earth: Hans Summers, GØUPL, founder of QRP Labs, spent time guiding the campers in a workshop where they built his company's QMX+ transceivers.

Campers spent their final day fox-hunting in search of five hidden transmitters with the help of the Austrian ARDF team. Perhaps too, with a full week of YOTA behind them, the campers also found something else: a bigger place in the world of amateur radio.