Month: August 2010

  • Via Ferrata de Tière

    Reading Time: < 1 minute In the valley close to Champéry there is a via ferrata. Via Ferrata are routes passing on rock faces thanks to the help of metal pedals, hand and foot pedals and bridges. On this Via Ferrata you climb up vertically and horizontally depending on the moment. Some obstacles are easier…

  • Hiking around Vex in the Valais.

    Reading Time: < 1 minute On Saturday I went with a Glocals group up to Vex in the Valais for a short hike. We passed by the thermal pools before heading up to a village where we had some lunch. after that we kept going up towards another village before catching a bus back down.…

  • Rafting down the Dranse river.

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday I tested the Olympus camera during a rafting trip down the Dranse river in France. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624497758297″]