Timmelsjoch Timmelsjoch Timmelsjoch (), (elevation ) is a high mountain pass that creates a link through the Ötztal Alps along the border between Austria and Italy. The Timmelsjoch connects the Ötztal valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol to the Passeier Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol, as it bridges the saddle point between the Jochköpfl () and Wurmkogl () peaks to its northeast and southwest, respectively. The pass is sometimes called the "secret passage" because it is little-used compared to the much easier and lower Brenner Pass some to its east, and Reschen Pass some to its west.
Wendy Brenner Wendy Brenner Wendy Brenner is an American author and professor of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Brenner is the author of two books, the first of which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her short stories and essays have appeared in such magazines as "Allure", "Seventeen", "Travel & Leisure", "The Oxford American", "The Sun (magazine)", "Ploughshares", and "Mississippi Review", and have been anthologized in "The Best American Essays", "Best American Magazine Writing", and "New Stories From the South", as well as other anthologies. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts