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  • The Cold Water Bottle Sleeping Test

    The Cold Water Bottle Sleeping Test

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesSince I enjoy experimenting with concepts and ideas I decided to get an empty 500ml bottle and fill it to almost but not quite full to allow for expanding ice not to destroy the cap. I then put it in a freezer for a day. When night came, and as the time…

  • Yesterday I Called It

    Yesterday I Called It

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI have enjoyed rock climbing, scuba diving, via ferrata, hiking and other sports. When you do extreme sports you need to be ready to call it without letting your ego distract you. Yesterday when I got to the top of Marchairuz I found I had developed a mild headache. I went to…

  • Cycling in a Level Three Heat Wave

    Cycling in a Level Three Heat Wave

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday as I cycled from Nyon to Geneva I felt my mouth become dry so I drank, felt it get dry again, and drank again. The wind that is usually cooling, or cold was warm. I was having a hair dryer ride. This is a term I use when the air is…

  • The Curious Habit of Dressing to Be Cold

    The Curious Habit of Dressing to Be Cold

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the strangest things, in my observation of other people, is that they dress as if it was warm when it was cold. They dress in shorts and t-shirts to walk in the mountains in spring. That’s quite absurd, given how the mountains, in April tend to be cold. Others dress…

  • Cycling and Suspected Heat Exhaustion

    Cycling and Suspected Heat Exhaustion

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the last week I have cycled, and climbed over 3000m. Yesterday I climbed 1664 meters over an 89 kilometre ride. It was divided into the first climb, from the Léman towards La Cure, then a flat bit, ridden fast, before getting to the climb to Marchairuz and that is when I…

  • The Beauty of Flowing Air

    The Beauty of Flowing Air

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesPeople think that to be comfortable on a hot day you need to rush to an air conditioned room or building but that idea is wrong. When I worked on one building, for three years, I called it "air conditioned hell" for a simple reason. For the body to cool it needs…

  • The Morning Run

    The Morning Run

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesUsually I like to go out in the afternoon because that was often when I felt the need for a mental break. This morning, and yesterday, or a day or two I went out in the morning. Part of the reason for this is that summer temperatures are arriving. We are getting…

  • The Water Bottle Paradox

    The Water Bottle Paradox

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis weekend when I hiked to Valangin I thought that I would found a water fountain along the way, so I took just 600ml of water. A few weeks ago when I went to Charmey I took the same amount of water because I didn’t want too much weight for the Via…

  • Experimenting with Air Conditioning

    Experimenting with Air Conditioning

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI live in a Minergie, which, in theory, means that I never need to worry about climatisation because the building keeps itself warm in winter and cold in summer. In practice the features that make a flat fantastic winter make it awful in summer. ## Good in Winter Large windows, in winter…

  • Keeping Cool in a Heat Wave

    Keeping Cool in a Heat Wave

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesWe are currently in a heat wave. During heatwaves my velux heat up in the afternoon sun and radiate heat both into the apartment during the day but also at night after the sun has set. I have found that during a heat waves it is wise to close the blinds and…