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In Austrian Alps, yodeling tour teaches basic ho-de-lay-hi-who

'I'm standing 7,500 feet up an Austrian mountainside, attempting to imitate an Alpine aria as performed by the love child of Mariah Carey and a Siamese cat in heat. The man tasked with taming my tortured yelps into a melodic yodel - not an oxymoron, apparently, when done right - is Christian Eder, founder of the Königsleiten Jodelwanderweg, the first "Yodel Hiking Trail" in the Alps.

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