When we were by the Achensee, I "swam" every day. In fact, we never made it back to the campground before the sun had disappeared behind the mountains. The lake, cool and inviting during the heat of the day, became a bit of a colder proposition when the sun was gone. But I'm a jump-in-cold-water... Continue Reading →
Covid Weirdness
So I ate something bad and have been sick for a couple of days. We're in a lovely B&B and there's a kitchen and everything except...the woman who runs the place has weird Covid paranoias. We aren't allowed to use water from the kitchen, only from our bathroom. We can use the middle microwave but... Continue Reading →
High Risk Activities
You’d think on a climbing voyage that the risks might be serious: rock fall, electrical storms, dangerous missteps. But me? I’ve been done in by watermelon. Food poisoning. La tourista. What could taste so fine but be so wrong? Been up all night not knowing which end to point near the toilet and there’s no... Continue Reading →
Tuckett to Merano
Yesterday was a perfect day. In the morning, my partner found a nice climb to do that for some reason we’d zapped in the guidebook. It was lovely. It was on the Castelletto di Mezzo and called via Sybilla. We only had a half day before it was supposed to get rainy (although it held... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 