Category: Sports
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Klettersteige Schweiz – Swiss Via Ferrata
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA trailer for a collection of videos on Via ferrata to be included with a book.
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Duingt Dive with friends
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday for the second time we went to the Dive site in Duingt. It is located on the Lac D’Annecy a short drive from Annecy. The dive site is near a castle and the dive is down the flanc towards the cliff. The dive takes you by some submerged trees that…
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A Trip to the Bottom of the Wall
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo friends of mine decided that they would go to the bottom of the wall at the dive site in Chindrieux. This dive site is on the Northern end of the Lac du Bourget in France one hour’s drive from Geneva. The classic dive, which I have done a number of…
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Chindrieux Dives
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier today I was at Chindrieux, a lake side village looking out over the Lac du Bourget lake in France. It is a nice lake with good visibility. The dive site where my friends and I usually dive is a wall. You swim out for 300 meters before heading down the bank…
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Sara – Guide De Haute Montagne – Hiking On The Moon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSara – Guide De Haute Montagne – Hiking On The… par MONTAGNETV Portrait of a mountain guide in the French Alpes.
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Two via ferrata later in Leysin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRunning down a ski slope in hiking shoes is fun. You’re jumping, bounding and landing back down. The snow is slush and you sink, you rise up and fall on the second thought. Continue for a few hundred meters and you get to the bottom. You can also sledge down and…
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A gorge and a Railway tunnel
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I went exploring the French Jura in the hope of capturing some of the Autumnal colours. I drove an hour into the Jura and arrived at this place. They say that it’s a one hour walk but it took me less than that to cover. There is information along the…
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The Leukerbad via ferrata
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Leukerbad via ferrata is beautiful and challenging and should be attempted once you have more experience of via ferrata. In particular experience both of the spikes and of rock climbing are recommended. There is a telecabine to the top which will cost you 15 CHF rather than 32 with the demi…
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Via Ferrata de Thones, taken with the Olympus Tough 810
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have a new camera meant to take geo-tagged images. Since it’s the first time I use it though I don’t think the geo-tagged information appeared. I will have to spend more time playing with the GPS to see how quickly it reacts. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157627643060426″]
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Via Ferrata in Thones Point of view
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThese images wee taken at regular intervals by the Goprohd camera I had on my helmet. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157627639661826″]