1 Jun 2015Finally some stable high pressure situation seems to be arriving over Switzerland which means I might finally get my "two days really good weather window" to try some bigger summits. To be ready today on my way to Bern I took a secondary road over the Oberalp pass (where the Rhine is born) instead of the motorway so I quickly go for a mini check of all the gear. That is also one of the
18 May 2015One of the advantages of being self-employed is that you can trade a Sunday for a Monday if the Sundays weather doesn't seem nice. That is exactly what I did... But since I'm talking about weather let me give you some background information first. Thursday Eliane and I went ski-touring in Zermatt to get some acclimatization for Saturday's project. I wanted to give a shot at a very big summit, the canton Valais. But, and
10 May 2015Coool the premature beer didn't spoil anything :) afrer 94Km, 1300m+ and around 7.5h including some of the long brakes I can officially say that I'm at 13 summits :) who would have sayed that it would take so long for Basel stadt
10 May 2015I know I know don't sell the bear's fur before you caught it. But it was too nice to not stop and celebrate... after all I did (just 3 flat km missing) 3 summits this weekend
10 May 2015I really like Basel land, the super steep fast descend, then a slightly descending riad almot all the way with a little back wind that let me keep up an avg speed of over 30kmh and now I even get a sunset... well cheers to
10 May 2015Note to myself... come here for a barbeque once... what an amazing view! But what a super steep road to get here, the steepest so far i guess. Super happy and now back to the lowest
10 May 2015Wow what a nice place! St Chrischona has an amazing view from where you can see up to 10 other summits. The campus is a theological school that hosts over 100 students. I just had the chance to talk for half hour with the director of the school which took me around the whole campus explaining the hostory and the current doings of the Chrischona society. Higly
10 May 2015nope, not my birthday, but the day I tackle 2 out of 3 of the cantons starting with B. Maybe you guessed it, I'm definitely not mixing Bern with another canton :) so today is the Basel Day! The plan it to start from the lowest point of Basel city (BS) then go to the S. Chrischona monastery (BS highest point) then on to the Rheinpark where the lowest point of Basel Land is and then
9 May 2015Yay!!! Just les than 5h later we are back at the river. This time with a nice sun so we can bath our feet
9 May 2015Yeeeeeee Argau top check