Plenty of Choice

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A few days ago someone was angry at me for posting too much in a whatsapp chat and I’ve been feeling down because I felt bullied out of the group. I miss sharing project ideas but at the same time it is essential for me to remind myself that just because I am trolled in a whatsapp group does not mean that there are not dozens of other things to do.

I ignore the indoor activities, and the volleyball, and other more urban activities. This weekend I can go for a bike ride tomorrow afternoon. Saturday I can go on a hike to the Dent D’Oche with 1000m of climbing and desent with a via cordata/chain section or I can go for an afternoon via ferrata. Failing these two options on Sunday I can hike with a group to a castel above Neuchatel.

The point of this post is to demonstrate that despite being trolled by one person in one small whatsapp group there are still dozens of things to do with decent people. I could push very hard and cycle to Yvoire on Friday, before hiking up to the Dent D’Oche, and then on Sunday, for a bit of a rest I can hike from Neuchatel uphill to a small town.

I believe that Meetup.com, GoSocial and other communities in Switzerland have reached maturity and that if we want to have social weekends, without going to bars and pubs, we can, with ease. This is to encourage us to keep meeting sporty people and meeting people in the physical world, rather than dealing with trolls online.

The physical world is filled with decent people, and that is where we have to spend our time.