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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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  • HowNOT2 Videos – Climbing Safety

    Reading Time: 3 minutesIn scuba diving and aviation safety is a discussion that takes place before and after every dive or flight. It is discussed every time divers meet up. With climbing safety is important too but the focus is different. “This is how you should belay, this is how you should climb, this is…

  • Can You With Trail Glove 7 Around Lavaux?

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried an experiment which could have been a silly one. I tried to do the Lavaux hike from Puidoux to Vevey with Trail Glove 7 shoes. They are barefoot minimalist shoes so I could have regretted it. I didn’t but mainly because of the preparation before hand. ## The Preparation…

  • The Lavaux Walk from Puidoux to Vevey

    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I met with a meetup group to walk through the Lavaux vineyards from Puidoux to Vevey and the experience was good. The logistics of buying a train ticket confused me but other than this the experience was good. I was able to catch a train from Nyon to Morges, change in…

  • Daily Move Goal Reached One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fourty Seven Times

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn three days I will have closed the activity on an Apple Watch 1750 times. I have a love hate relationship with the device. That Love/hate relationship started when I broke the screen on my Series three watch when climbing but continued on when I got into the habit of allowing the…

  • NixOS and Darwin – Partial success

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I experimented with NixOS and Debian. I managed to install NixOS on the Pi4 and I managed to implement several changes to the configuration.nix file before the Pi started to overheat and become much slower. At this point I tried to run Debian and that worked. At first Debian was running…

  • NixOS on a Pi

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a few weeks I have tried to install NixOS on a raspberry Pi without much success. I have finally managed to get NixOS to work with a GUI/Desktop environment. I kept getting stuck at the command prompt but in the end [I found a blog post](https://mtlynch.io/nixos-pi4/) that helped me. ## What…

  • On Being Asked Why I Wear Two Watches

    Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the Via Ferrata I did on Sunday I was asked why I wear two watches and I answered with a joke before giving the serious answer that I wear two watches at once because I want the data from both watches. I was asked why I need the data from both…

  • The Roche Au Dade Via Ferrata

    Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo days ago I was agonising about whether to go for a via ferrata(VF) or a hike. Eventually I decided that I would go for the hike, because hiking was an 18 minute drive away. I went for a walk/run and then I found that I had a burning desire to do…

  • Tomorrow I will write about the Via Ferrata meetup

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTonight I will rest.

  • Being L’âne de Buridan

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the last 24 hours I have been L’âne de Buridan because I wanted to do two activities. I saw that a group was hiking in Annecy and I was hesitating due to the drive, the parking and the distance. I also saw that there were no spaces left. That’s why I…