Hope Springs Eternal

It's been raining here. And raining. And raining. We've had flooding, landslides, bridges destroyed, villages cut off. When it's sunny, I look up with distrust. It's been nice that it hasn't gotten that hot. It's also been not so nice because no one feels like it's summer. The snails are loving it. The slugs are... Continue Reading →

Biting and Chewing

I didn't actually bite off more than I could chew, but I didn't say 'no, that's too much' either. Suffice to day, I didn't make it through my partner's project to climb the Piz Disgrazia from the Swiss side last weekend. It was going to be long. The "normal"-ish way to go in winter, from... Continue Reading →

Foroglio

There's a village in Switzerland with this name, so of course I have to go there now! It looks cute. Uninhabited, no electricity, but it's a stop on a well-known hiking trail. Maybe I can convince my hiking buddy to go this summer? I found the village in a photo book at a friend's house.... Continue Reading →

Upping the Game

So I wanted to go climbing in a place that is too hot in the summer. It's south facing and not that high in altitude, so you kind of have to wait until autumn to go there. Zuestoll, it's called. It's not particularly popular because of the vomit inducing approach path. The "path" is along... Continue Reading →

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