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 →
The Mystery of the Missing Backpacks
We went climbing yesterday, and it wasn't a great day to start out with. I was kind of tired and the place we were climbing requires you to belay down into it and climb back out. You could probably get out of there if you got stuck and couldn't finish the climb, but it would... Continue Reading →
Fleur de Pierre
That was the name of the pretty little climb we did on the Petit Dent de Morcles. On paper, it should have been harder than it was, but maybe it's the effect of thinking something will be difficult and overestimating it? That's a thing, I guess. If you think something will be easy and it's... Continue Reading →
Happiness is Only Real when Shared
It's funny, I read Into the Wild a long time ago, but I didn't remember that this was in the journal of the young man who died. I remember this quote more from a bit of graffiti written on the wall of the old building of my school. It was the first thing I saw... Continue Reading →