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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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  • Day 42 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Few Minutes of Rain

    Reading Time: 3 minutesToday at around lunchtime we had a few minutes of rain for the first time in weeks but it didn’t last long. By the time I went out for my daily walk the ground was dry, as if it hadn’t rained at all. There was no mud to walk through so I…

  • Day 41 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Reverse Journey

    Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I ran and then walked a reverse journey of what I did yesterday. I wanted to take a picture of the corkscrew tree. It would have required for me to wait for two slow walkers and their dog to pass and because they insisted on walking two abreast it made more…

  • Day 40 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Local Adventures

    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor this 40th blog post on the topic of self-isolation, I’d like to speak about local adventures. I feel the need to do this because I see people posting about their trips to someone two to three hours from live and work during a pandemic and I strongly believe that getting into…

  • Day 39 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Taking Portraits of Cows

    Reading Time: 3 minutesI spent a few minutes taking portraits of cows during my afternoon walk today. Cows were standing by the barrier so it was easy to go up to each one and take their portraits. It’s not as if our vibrant social lives enable us to take portraits of people when we’re self-isolating.…

  • Day 38 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Contact Sports

    Reading Time: 2 minutesBy May we may be able to go back to doing sports in groups as long as they are not “contact sports” in Switzerland. For me this means hiking, running cycling and other related sports. For me climbing is a contact sport because we touch the same hand holds as everyone else…

  • Day 37 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Future, Or Uncertainty

    Reading Time: 3 minutesI question whether we’re living in the future, or uncertainty during this pandemic. One friend on Facebook wrote that Coronavirus is making us live in the future because of a number of reasons, as listed in the embedded post below. If I am being myself then I would say that we’re living…

  • Day 36 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Disease Vectors

    Reading Time: 3 minutesAccording to research done in Haute Savoie, France, children present a mild risk as disease vectors of the COVID-19 virus. According to this article in Le Matin, and a few other articles children are not as contagious. L’enfant de 9 ans qui avait contracté le Covid-19 aux Contamines-Montjoie en Haute-Savoie n’a transmis…

  • Day 35 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Hike To La Barillette.

    Reading Time: 4 minutesToday I went for a Hike from La Barillette to La Barillette. It’s a shame that the restaurant wasn’t open to the public. It is currently marked as private, and scheduled to open on the first of May. Today I didn’t expect to do a long and physical hike. I expected to…

  • Day 34 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Daily Bike Ride

    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen the Pandemic was just starting I thought that this would be perfect for a daily bike ride and I was tempted to go to the mountains and to do other things. I didn’t though, because emergency services said “Don’t monopolise our resources getting injured because we may be required to help…

  • Day 33 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A video walk

    Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I went on a video walk with the DJI OSMO pocket three or whichever number it has and I took a series of frames. Before going for my daily walk I searched through the Vision Du Réel virtual Film Festival list of films and I found “The Bridge“. It’s available for…