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08.07.2011, 15:38
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| | Leaving for Switzerland on Monday 11/7
Last year I wrote: | Quote: | |  | | | Next Friday I leave for five weeks in Switzerland (have I made my feelings clear??). As usual, something old, something new, but this time the balance leans towards the new. | | | | | I am leaving on Monday for this year's trip, about 6½ weeks total. The initial plan had been to explore several areas that I have not visited in half a century or more, but over time it changed to spending most of my time in regions that I know and love. I leave the Ticino and the more northeastern parts of the Alps for next year.
The first ten days will be spent in the Valais, mostly using Sion as a base for trips on the northern side of the valley. This will be interrupted by a two night trip to the Cabane de Moiry, where I will meet a group of friends doing the Haute Route; I will join them for the easy stage over the Col de Sorebois to Zinal. There we will part; they will go to the Cabane Bela Tolla, I will do an easy day trip from Zinal and return to Sion.
On Saturday (23/7) one of my Haute Route friends will meet me in Visp, and we will go to Mürren, probably spending a couple of hours walking around Interlaken (the view of the Jungfrau from opposite the Victoria-Jungfrau is a postcard cliché, but is nonetheless not to be missed). After that I will again be on my own, spending two weeks in my beloved Val d'Hérens, one each in Evolène and Arolla.
Then something new, a week in Bienne, where I last stayed in 1947. In addition to local hikes I plan to visit Bern during that week, and also probably Gruyère. After that I have a final week that is still unplanned, I will be asking for suggestions for hiking in the Alpes Vaudoises.
About a month ago I broke my wrist, and the first question i asked the surgeon who put the hardware to fix it in, was "Will that affect my trip to Switzerland?". This picture, taken ten days ago, probably answers the question:
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08.07.2011, 15:55
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Trust you will have a great time in your trip back to Switzerland.
ps... you look great in the picture | This user would like to thank Cris1973 for this useful post: | | 
08.07.2011, 15:59
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Awesome!................. | This user would like to thank MusicChick for this useful post: | | 
08.07.2011, 15:59
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Rock On!!!!!!!
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08.07.2011, 16:01
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nice pic.
say hello to the White Mtns for me before you leave.
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08.07.2011, 16:02
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You are an absolute Legend !!!
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08.07.2011, 16:20
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| | Re: Leaving for Switzerland on Monday 11/7 | Quote: | |  | | | nice pic.
say hello to the White Mtns for me before you leave. | | | | | Pic is on the summit of Mount Moosilauke, which we reached by the rather easy Carriage Road (8.4 km each way with 950 m elevation gain, with excellent footing). I hope to return this weekend by the more demanding (steeper and rougher) Glencliff Trail, 6.1 km each way with just over 1,000 m elevation gain.
Will definitely tell the mountains "Hi from Grynch" on my hike, do you have a more specific message for them | This user would like to thank RetiredInNH for this useful post: | | 
08.07.2011, 16:24
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| | Re: Leaving for Switzerland on Monday 11/7 | Quote: | |  | | | Pic is on the summit of Mount Moosilauke, which we reached by the rather easy Carriage Road (8.4 km each way with 950 m elevation gain, with excellent footing). I hope to return this weekend by the more demanding (steeper and rougher) Glencliff Trail, 6.1 km each way with just over 1,000 m elevation gain.
Will definitely tell the mountains "Hi from Grynch" on my hike, do you have a more specific message for them  | | | | |
tell them I miss them.  . but I've moved on and have different mountains now AND if you happen to run into a black bear around mt. jefferson ( he'd be verrry old now ) tell him I said, again, PISS oFF.
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08.07.2011, 16:27
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| | Re: Leaving for Switzerland on Monday 11/7 | Quote: | |  | | | tell them I miss them. . but I've moved on and have different mountains now ... | | | | | I love the White Mountains, but if I lived in Switzerland I would not shed a single tear over leaving them ... the tears I shed are on the plane back to Boston.
But, as promised, I will deliver your message.
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08.07.2011, 18:05
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Switzerland bids thee welcome, thou wanderer of mountains!
Have a great time, RetiredInNH!
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23.07.2011, 19:44
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| | Re: Leaving for Switzerland on Monday 11/7 | Quote: | |  | | | On Saturday (23/7) one of my Haute Route friends will meet me in Visp, and we will go to Mürren, probably spending a couple of hours walking around Interlaken (the view of the Jungfrau from opposite the Victoria-Jungfrau is a postcard cliché, but is nonetheless not to be missed). | | | | | Obviously we did not spend a couple of hours walking around Interlaken and looking at the Jungfrau, clouds, clouds and more clouds.
Last Wednesday I met a French couple hiking around Zinal (no views that day; views are spectacular with good weather) and the husband commented briefly and to the point: sale temps. I do not really agree; I would definitely describe the weather for the ten or so days I have been in Switzerland as suboptimal, but not really foul. I was able to hike as often as my body allowed, and a little rain never hurt anyone. Sure, there were no views, but IMHO views are only one of the many things I get out of a hike, and you can't win 'em all.
Forecast seems for more of the same, I wish it were better but am not complaining.
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26.07.2011, 07:43
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| | Re: Leaving for Switzerland on Monday 11/7 | Quote: | |  | | | Forecast seems for more of the same, I wish it were better but am not complaining. | | | | | After four days in Mürren we finally get to see the "big guys" (assuming the Jungfrau can be called a "guy"  ) out of our apartment windows: 
Eiger and Mönch 
Jungfrau behind Silberhorn with Schwartzmönch in foreground
Will soon go higher to get better views.
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27.07.2011, 09:20
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| | Re: Leaving for Switzerland on Monday 11/7 | Quote: | |  | | | Will soon go higher to get better views. | | | | | By the time we were ready for our hike the clouds had moved in
So today, when I saw almost cloudless sky, I hurried up about 160 (vertical) meters before breakfast to get some pictures. Will do lots of editing and culling and post to my Picassa album, but for now here is a view of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau:
Too much sun for a good picture, but I am certainly not complaining |
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