Category: Swiss walks
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Via Ferrata de Tière, first of the season
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe weather was good today and spring is here. As a result I headed back to the Valais for the first Via Ferrata of the season. I felt a little nervous at first as I had not done any via ferrata for a few months but that fear soon left. The walk…
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Flight to the Monzino Refuge and hike.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA short helicopter flight to a mountain refuge in Aosta, on the Italian side of the Mt Blanc. Good fun, walk to the glacier and back. I also tested my Iphone 4 phone. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624937122156″]
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Via Ferrata de Tière
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the valley close to Champéry there is a via ferrata. Via Ferrata are routes passing on rock faces thanks to the help of metal pedals, hand and foot pedals and bridges. On this Via Ferrata you climb up vertically and horizontally depending on the moment. Some obstacles are easier to…
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A walk through the Vaud countryside.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery sunday I try not to use the car at all. As a result I went for a walk through the local countryside and experimented with the new camera. I was looking at the streams but they were quite low, not such a great opportunity to test the underwater part. [flickr-gallery…
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A blog of interest and walking
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I started reading Made in England by Gentlemen the blog was about technology but over the past few months the subject of the blog has changed. It’s now a blog about walking, and it’s not just any walk. They had decided to spend several months walking the Continental Divide trail and…
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Seesmic from the mountains (via QIK)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhilst the connection is unstable and slow I decided to take the phone and Qik some landscapes from La Dole in Switzerland. Here are a few streams. As more people enjoy streaming live video from interesting locations so this will become a more common site. What I hope to do next…
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Mountain streams
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhilst some people are perfectly happy sitting at a desk chatting to others via webcams I prefer to be out and about streaming daily life. Today was one example of what I like to do. I went up to La Dole for a walk with the n95 and streamed a few…