Maandag 3 november 2014
I had to be back in Zürich by mid-afternoon, so I had to choose a relatively short hike this Sunday. I selected the Rigi Hochflue, taking advantage of the [...]
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Through CouchSurfing I met up with Michaela enjoy the fabulous autumn weather, which is now lasting even into November. Michaela picked me up at the [...]
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Dinsdag 28 oktober 2014
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I had met up with Eloïse and Patrick again, my companions from the via ferrata at Le Moléson. After a night out in Lausanne, we set out in gorgeous autumn [...]
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"Wintereinbruch" and the definite end of the alpine hiking season? I wasn't having any of that. With less snow in the Valais, I even set my sights on an [...]
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Donderdag 23 oktober 2014
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Woensdag 22 oktober 2014
If you wanted a quiet a quiet hike on Sunday, you might as well have walked up and down Zürich's Bahnhofstrasse. There could not have been many people left [...]
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Dinsdag 21 oktober 2014
With a fabulous weather forecast and not really feeling like doing another solo hike, an event on the meetup.com group "Zürich Hike & Outdoor" headed for [...]
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Donderdag 16 oktober 2014
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Dinsdag 14 oktober 2014
Crossing the entire Pilatus range from east to west, from Stansstad to Gfellen, has been a project lingering in my mind for quite a while. I'd call it [...]
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Vrijdag 3 oktober 2014
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Dinsdag 30 september 2014
So... my first "official" T6. As always when taking things to a new level, there is the anxiety of the unknown: "how hard will it really be?" With T6 [...]
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Another sunny September weekend gave me the chance to tick some more via ferratas off my list. I made use of an open invitation on CouchSurfing from Eloïse [...]
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Above the massive ski resort of Courchevel, lies (according to the Cicerone guidebook "Via ferratas of the French Alps") "one of only a few proper mountain via [...]
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Vrijdag 26 september 2014
Right next to the most touristic of all passes - the Great St. Bernard - there's a very scenic alpine route. It is described in the SAC guidebook "Die [...]
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Donderdag 25 september 2014
The Jegihorn (or Jägihorn) Klettersteig is the highest via ferrata in Switzerland, summiting at 3206 m above sea level. Still, access is relatively easy, [...]
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For my brother's initiation into via ferrata, we picked the Aletsch via ferrata. The route circles around the Gibidum reservoir (which received its water [...]
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