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Month: July 2016

  • Online communities and socialising in person

    Online communities and socialising in person

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOnline communities and socialising in person can be a challenge for people. Either they are shy, lacking the courage to meet with strangers and start a conversation or they are introverts, interested in being in a group but not necessarily to participate in the conversations. The question was “how to go to a glocals meeting when…

  • Getting Up Getu – some impressive shots

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesGetting up Getu is short documentary climbing video about Alex Honnold and Felipe Camargo climbing a beautiful roof climb. The most spectacular aspect of this video is the size of the arch that they are climbing. In two or three shots you see the size of the rock formations compared to the…

  • Playing Ingress and Pokemon Go in parallel

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesPeople are playing Ingress and Pokemon Go in Parallel. Both games use the same geo-located points and walk the same routes. They have the same places to farm and combat. I started playing Ingress again, but only a few minutes here and there. As I play I see new faces and new…

  • Lead climbing in to the Sunset

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I was lead climbing in to the sunset, outdoors, for the third time this year. The experience was interesting. Although I am comfortable lead climbing up to 6a indoors I am less confident when climbing outdoors. The challenges you face outdoors are that you’re looking for bits of rock that you…

  • Networking around Pokemon Go

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesNetworking around Pokemon Go is less interesting now that everyone plays the game. I have heard non geeks talk about Pokemon Go. They spoke about the large crowds that are staring at their phones in places like Ouchy. The value of social movements is to be part of a small, passionate group of…

  • A fear of mountain trails – a healthy concern

    A fear of mountain trails – a healthy concern

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Switzerland you grow up walking on mountain paths that are narrow and steep. One one side you have the mountain and on the other you have a steep slope. I remember having a fear of mountain trails once or twice in the German part of Switzerland. I think it was in Kandersteg.…

  • Bouldering as an art form

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI see Bouldering as an art form. By watching people climb you see that they have learned to use their bodies as well as the environment to get any mechanical advantage they can find. In some cases it requires the use of a leg wedged in to a space. In other situations…

  • Rock climbing foot holds

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesRock climbing is a full body workout and in practice you can do whatever works best for you. Knowing how to use your arms and legs is important but so is knowing how to place your feet. We know that sometimes to go up we must look down to where there is…

  • Critical Mass in Geneva

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor those who like to cycle in a group of people there is a critical mass event organised for the 29th of August from 1830 onwards in Geneva. The meeting point is the île Rousseau. From there they will cycle around the city of Geneva. At the moment of writing this…

  • “Superhuman” Climbers

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago the Rio Paralympics “We’re The Superhumans” video popped in to my newsfeed on Facebook and I eventually watched it. The moment that most impressed me is the olympic athlete climbing 2 minutes 20 in. He is dynamic in his climbing technique despite not having any hands. As a…