A week-end trip to Marseille, and hiking in the close by Calanques as a good alternative to the rain in Switzerland...…
From Marseille to Cassis
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Vitalis Hirschmann
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." Helen Keller
Brienzergrat - Part #1
Over the Brienzergrat in three days The Brienzergrat is a massive ridge which follows the lake of Brienz in the Bernese Oberland. Starting in the east above Interlaken (Harder) it goes to the Brienzer Rothorn in the West and in its extension via the Höch Gumme down to the Brünigpass.…
Brienzergrat - Part #2
Over the Brienzergrat in three days Check out Brienzergrat - Part 1 for the first two days! From the hotel in Kemmeribodenbad the first part of the ascent goes through a wast moor region with a lot of forests and farmland. When approaching the ridge a last strenuous ascent has…
Bechler River Trail 2013
Ok, this was long ago! But as I'm preparing for the next adventure (coming soon), I had to go back to my Yellowstone plannings in order to have some reference data... Backpacking Yellowstone Back in 2012 Philipp and I decided to start planning for a backcountry tour through the well…
Mont Tendre
I only started on late afternoon in Le Pont hiking up to the Mont Tendre (1679m). Hence I had little time if I wanted to taste some fresh fish from the Lac de Joux once back in Le Pont... But the evening presented a nice spectacle, with a bit of…
Evergreen forest
Tropical rainforest? ...at least that's what it looks and feels like, the forest just outside my village, when it is raining non stop on a spring day. Just amazing the force of nature pushing out of the soil everywhere! The only challenges so far: Change filters without falling (the filter…
Frozen
It was one of those bitter cold days of January when you just prefer not to quit your cosy home... But Omar came up with that great idea of a photo walk so I couldn't resist ;) ...and didn't regret one moment! Summer is nice, but these sculptures crafted by negative…
colored mess
Autumn leaves every year a big mess behind in forests, fields and under trees, providing food to earthworms and other gourmets. But it mainly turns every slice of nature in a beautifully colored artwork. And all those falling leaves end up wherever they touch down (really no sens for organisation)…