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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • I Completed the Apple May Activity Challenge Yesterday

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI completed the Apple May Activity Challenge yesterday. The goal was to walk or run 349 kilometres within one month. I finished this challenge two days early. Using the Apple Watch Series 3 and the SUUNTO Spartan Sport Wrist HR BARO I tracked all of my activities. For the first two or three weeks…

  • Day 75 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Switzerland Expects to Return to Normality within weeks

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSwitzerland “expects to return to normality” within the next few days and weeks. As of tomorrow groups of up to thirty people will be able to meet. That’s good for all of the activities that I like to do. It means that the Via Ferrata, hiking, climbing, and other seasons can begin…

  • Day 74 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Looking At Swiss COVID-19 Case Graphs

    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor several days I have not been looking as seriously at the COVID-19 case graphs for Switzerland because we the storm waves of new cases that we were getting before are now no more than ripples on a pond. The situation seems to be under control in Switzerland. As we look at…

  • Day 72 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – British Anger At The Wrong Thing

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI want to write about British anger at the wrong day today. As Switzerland gets closer and closer to zero cases and zero deaths per day it’s dangerously easy to think it will be over soon only to find out that it isn’t. I thought that by April 19th we could be…

  • Day 71 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – An Ingress Mission despite Lockdown.

    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo nights ago we did an Ingress Mission Despite Lockdown. This was a Franco-Swiss Mission to create a field over Geneva. Normally with Ingress missions people would drive tens, or even hundreds of kilometres to capture and link portals but this time was different. We all stayed in our little corners and…

  • The Walking Paradox

    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I noticed how quiet the world, or at least the area in which I was walking, was. I saw very few cars, very few people walking, and very little noise from other people. This doesn’t mean that people weren’t out and about. Although my route was for the most part deserted…

  • A Fourteen Kilometre walk and I Crossed Paths With Just Two Other People.

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I went for a fourteen Kilometre walk and I crossed paths with just two other people. It was a couple of runners and we crossed paths at just the right place as I could slip into a clearing, wait for them to pass and then continue on my way. I…

  • Day 65 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Coping with Solitude

    Reading Time: 3 minutesCoping with solitude is one of the challenges that we, people who live alone, are going to become familiar with. It’s 65 days since I’ve had skin to skin contact, sixty-five days since I’ve given or received a hug. It’s sixty-five days since I’ve had a meal with anyone. Happiness, whilst entirely…

  • Day 64 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – “When I’m 64”

    Reading Time: 3 minutesEarlier today or yesterday at some point I was thinking of the song When I’m 64, and that I should share it. I’m not 64. Quarantine hasn’t aged me so drastically. I felt the need to make that joke. Recycling For the first time in two months I went to the recycling…

  • Day 63 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A 15 Kilometre Loop

    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I walked a 15-kilometre loop because I saw people walking two abreast and decided to retrace my steps a short distance before trying a new bifurcation. By the end of this walk, my legs were starting to get tired. I walked non stop for over two hours before a quick stop…