23 Apr 2018

No Pain, gain!

If you are scared of something go out and face it. You might lose big time but you might as well win, and when you win you are a happier and stronger person... I remember writing this after having finished the longest summit I did: Canton Bern and last Friday it was again a day like this. Perfect weather window, perfect conditions, the road open and without snow, the snow coming down to 15min walk

30 Jul 2015

Sottosopra 4.5 – The roof of Switzerland

Night crosscountry skiing and the roof of Switzerland are the ingredients of the fifth episode of the documentary about 27summits aired Sunday 26 July. In the first short clip I go to the top of Neuchatel at night with 2 friends on mountainbike and crosscountry skis. Then a much longer reportage shows my attempt to reach the top of Dufourspitze. For the blog posts see 27summits.ch/ne and

22 Jul 2015

BE happy

If you are scared of something go out and face it. You might loose big time but you might as well win, and when you win you are an happier and stronger person... That is exactly how I feel right now, before leaving for Finsteraarhorn I was stoked, but also very very scared of what was to come. Now just after swimming in the Aare 60h after leaving I know that if I wouldn't have

16 Jul 2015

Big plan

I always said Canton Berne would be one of the most challenging ones, well looks like I'll soon find it out... honestly stocked and suuuuper scared of the hours coming. Lets hope the weather forecast sticks and Monday I'll be on my way to the Finsteraarhorn. I already packed my backpack so here my pack list: Bike: Mountaineering Clothing: Salomon S-LAB X Alp carbon shoes and 2 pairs of socks Salomon S-LAB X Alp GTX pants

27 Jun 2015

Ticino 2.0

Adula was the first summit I did, back on September 1st 2013. Back then my project didn't Exist yet. I was just trying to go from the lowest point to the highest in my natal canton. Then half year later in canton Glarus on the top of Tödi I decided many things. Among others I decided to go for all cantons. Fast forward to today. What the heck am I doing in Tenero (the lowest