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The hay bale that wanted to roll
See this field? It looks fairly innocuous doesn’t it, just another, flattish field, in front of an old, abandoned farmhouse. Anyone can see that the hay just needs a quick run through the baler… more »
The mountain dweller
mountain running and french music
musingsofabittergirl wrote 2 days ago: I did a 2 day run last weekend as my ‘long run’ to train for the CCC - sleeping in an a … more »
The hay bale that wanted to roll
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mountain dweller wrote 1 week ago: See this field? It looks fairly innocuous doesn’t it, just another, flattish field, in front o … more »
An Awesome Fourth, and A Night of Adventure!
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Nessie wrote 2 weeks ago: We normally lay low on the fourth. BBQ at home, a camp fire and s’mores in the backyard. W … more »
Day 10 - The Alps!
Frau Tol wrote 3 weeks ago: This morning we woke up at Hotel Schoenbuehl in Wilderswil, overlooking the biggest peaks of the Swi … more »
"Treasures of the Snow"
lilacvalley wrote 1 month ago: “Treasures of the Snow” by Patricia St. John 3 Swiss children living in the Alps learn l … more »
In the eye of the beholder
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mountain dweller wrote 2 months ago: If there is one thing that I have learnt about being married to a farmer, it’s that they are never … more »
mountain moments
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Lune wrote 2 months ago: I am sitting in front of the computer because I am absolutely knackered. I cannot move, my back and … more »
Top 5 Strange and Beautiful Wonders in the World
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socialclimber wrote 2 months ago: “You’re about to discover the depth of strangeness and beauty the world holds.” -Warren El … more »
Hungry Crevasses and Deadly Avalanche
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musingsofabittergirl wrote 3 months ago: It seems the crevasses have been worse than avalanches this year in Chamonix. On March 15 and March … more »
My corner of paradise
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mountain dweller wrote 4 months ago: Yes, our blue skies are back again. I know I’m rubbing it in, but being English means that I ha … more »
Standing room only
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mountain dweller wrote 4 months ago: Even though they live in a sheep barn that’s big enough to play rugby in, the lambs always seem to … more »
Illinois was great but...
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mountain dweller wrote 4 months ago: There’s no place like home. Even if I was born in a place that is as flat as Illinois and with … more »
More Bitter Crevasses
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musingsofabittergirl wrote 4 months ago: A second life has been claimed on Chamonix’s Valley Blanche this year, and I have also heard m … more »
Museum of Science's Mugar Omni Theater Transports Viewers with The Alps
parkviewer wrote 4 months ago: BOSTON — Audiences will scale the breathtaking Swiss Alps when the large-format film The Alps open … more »
On the campaign trail
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mountain dweller wrote 5 months ago: Elections are looming and I’m not talking about the ones in the U.S., although given the stories f … more »
Street Fashion 2008
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Ross wrote 6 months ago: Peeped on a trendy Alpine high (altitude) street… Gin gave me this picture for my apartment, … more »
Vallée Blanche - Bitter Crevasses
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musingsofabittergirl wrote 6 months ago: A 25 year old Lithuanian man named Andrius Glozeckas seems to have become the first death on the … more »
Deep Bitters
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musingsofabittergirl wrote 7 months ago: Steep Trailer Steep (and Deep mmmm) … coming soon to a theatre near you. Makes Chamonix lo … more »
The Christmas tree ritual
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mountain dweller wrote 7 months ago: «Why don’t you choose one and I’ll come and cut it down later with the chainsaw?» he said in a … more »
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