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Category: Swiss walks

  • On Being Asked Why I Wear Two Watches

    On Being Asked Why I Wear Two Watches

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    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…

  • Tomorrow I will write about the Via Ferrata meetup

    Tomorrow I will write about the Via Ferrata meetup

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTonight I will rest.

  • Being L’âne de Buridan

    Being L’âne de Buridan

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    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…

  • A Meetup Weakness

    A Meetup Weakness

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore the pandemic, when life was normal, I would go to three or four events per week organised via websites. These days, on meetup.com things are organised every two weeks, and for just 15 people at a time. This means that if you’re not first to sign up you’re on a waiting list…

  • The Nyon to Gland Loop

    The Nyon to Gland Loop

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is possible to walk from Nyon to Gland and back in a single day, and to play Ingress in Gland, before meeting a meetup group to walk back to Nyon from Gland, via the Toblerone. The distance I walked was twenty eight kilometres but this is partially due to spending an…

  • The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I walked for six hours and covered 28 kilometres. I will write more tomorrow. Now I will recover.

  • The Lure of a Walk to a Walk

    The Lure of a Walk to a Walk

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a good chance that tomorrow I will go for a walk along the Toblerones from Prangins to the lake side and on to Nyon. For this walk I have the luxury that I can walk to the starting point before doing the group walk. The issue is that the walk…

  • Walking in Linear Circles

    Walking in Linear Circles

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesMy walks are more often than not circular. I walk in a clearly defined loop across several villages before heading home. On weekends, and days such as yesterday my habit of walking in loops is scuppered by the habit of normal people to walk with dogs. I wouldn’t mind so much, if…

  • Creux Du Van Xero Xcursion Test

    Creux Du Van Xero Xcursion Test

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the 30,000 step walk at the Creux Du Van on Sunday I was wearing the Xero Xcursion shoes. For almost the entire walk they felt comfortalbe. These are light, thin soled shoes that are minimal. This means that you feel more of the ground, and the soles will take the shape…

  • Creux Du Van Meetup

    Creux Du Van Meetup

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIt has been at least four or five years since my last meetup. A few years ago I went to meetups with people from Geneva and before that to Glocals events with people from Lausanne and Geneva. I stopped meeting people from Lausanne because I was working night shifts as a deicer…