The gilded cross on Germany's highest peak has too many stickers. Now it's being restored

Visitors to Germany's highest peak will have to do without the landmark gilded cross at its summit for the next few weeks. A helicopter on Tuesday lifted the cross from the 2,962-meter (9,718-foot) peak of the Zugspitze — a mountain shared between Germany and Austria in the Bavarian Alps — for restoration. Because visitors keen to leave their mark have plastered it with stickers over the years.