23 Jun 2015The plan was big, very big, but once again the conditions and weather said no. So instead of tackling the Finsteraarhorn we changed destination to its neighboring canton of Jura. Originally planed as a Reggae summit (probably around 7h), the the Mont Raimeux can actually be reached by a very long ridge that requires climbing and scrambling. Obviously we opted for this variant adding around 5h of fun to the trip. But let's start from the
12 Jun 2015Since I started 27summits.ch back in 2013 I kept on discovering more and more people that have their own super cool projects. I love the idea of a project, it is something that you live intensively and that follows you for different time-spans. Some have a week project, some a season project, some a year project, some a multi-year or even lifelong project. Some might be local while some might be regional, national or even
5 Jun 2015There we go... first psychedelic trip started
4 Jun 2015Cloth: check. Ski gear: check. Glacier gear: check. Food: check. Bike loaded: check. Pink Floyd on the mp3 player: check. Lets see if I get a strong head tomorrow
3 Jun 2015It is so far, the nationwide Generali campaign with 27summits.ch as subject has started Monday. Generali approached me end of March asking if I would be interested in being part of a series of adds about people with unusual projects, I accepted and after 2 long days of shooting and probably many hours of editing, two TV spots (similar but in German and Italian) and three web spots (similar but in Italian, French subtitled and German)
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