Many years ago I went on a hike and said to myself "I could really do this again some day because I didn't see anything!" The fog was so thick that day that there was no view. All I remember was a couple of men down in a really impossible spot trying to knock out... Continue Reading →
Feeling a bit Van Trapp
I went on my annual hike with my friend, and we went from Switzerland into Austria, and back out again. I was filled with music every day when I woke up, but the songs that mostly stuck in my head were from The Sound of Music. There were no edelweiss, though, being that the whole... Continue Reading →
The Downside of Dreams
My partner and I did an old project of mine. For a long time, I'd wanted to climb the Miroir d'Argentine, have a taxi bring our stuff up to the mountain village, spend the night and climb at l'Ecuelle the next day. I had the idea on my last trip to the Miroir, but I... Continue Reading →
How Many Trees Make a Forest?
My partner is an ecologist (as a profession) and he said you can plant trees all you want, but you cannot plant a forest. There are so many intricate relationships between bacteria, soil composition, mushrooms, insects, birds and so forth, that it is almost impossible to plant a forest. What I find interesting is the... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 