It was a rainy day and I decided to make a pilgrimage to a museum I visited when I first moved to Switzerland, the Collection de l'Art Brut. The collection was started by Jean Dubuffet, partially, it seems, after discussions (letters to and fro) with a friend of his who felt she needed to create... Continue Reading →
The Quiet
Tonight it's quiet in my little mountains, at least for now but I can see the storm clouds building up. Yesterday, the clouds filled up with energy all day then blasted themselves everywhere in the early afternoon. Tonight they are filling up further east, and south. It'll rain some, but not as much as yesterday.... Continue Reading →
Climbing Joy
We've had good weather in the and have climbed ourselves to exhaustion. There are now new, bolted routes in the Dolomites, taking advantage of areas which are perfectly climbable but there's just no way of adding much mobile protection. There still seems to be a bit of a war of some local, anti bolt guys... Continue Reading →
Wandering Around With a Rope
So normally, my partner and I choose a rock climb based on how difficult it is, its orientation (facing the sun or not) and various other things. I've never had to fit my brain into the psychology of the folks who climbed a route for the first time. We did a Demetz/Glück route on the... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 