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A Personal Day in the Alps
For some reason the pressure cooker was working harder on my head than normal. Probably something to do with writing my dissertation, trying to find a job, and organizing a research trip to Japan. In any event I felt a need get out of Zurich for the day. So I took a personal day and [...]
Pizol
Sometimes you have to get out and prove to yourself that you can do something besides wasting away behind a computer screen Mon.-Fri. On Sunday morning I took an early train to Bad Ragaz, and from there planned on taking the cable car to the top and then head up Pizol. Pizol is [...]
Glacier Napping
Let’s recap, get all the facts in place – establish the sequence of events that lead up to me deciding not to do anymore multiday hiking this year.
Early Saturday AM: Bought a ticket to Blatten, the plan is to hike up the Oberaletschglacier to a hut and the next morning climb the Fusshorn, a somewhat [...]
