Trialling trails

So .. apparently we have now moved on from 'jogging' (not cool, mildly embarrassing) through 'running' (not exactly cool, but at least you can admit to doing it and retain a modicum of street cred) into 'trail running' (painfully trendy, an achievement for something which is basically cross country running). We will not get into 'sky running', (cross country at unnecessary altitudes) or indeed the 'vertical kilometre' (baffling attempt to suck all the fun out of running altogether). No fun […]

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Wednesday night, last light at 2850 meters...

#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #CloudAppreciation #Alps #Mountains

Sun rising over the world.

📷 #FujiFilm #X-T5
🔭XF18-135mm

#Photography #Nature #Mountains #Alps #Morning #Sunrise #BlueSkyArtShow #GoldenHour
Precipitation in the Alps in the next 5 days. https://skiweather.eu #precipitation #alpenraum #alps
Freezing level for the Alps in the next 5 days. https://skiweather.eu #snowlevel #alpenraum #alps

Good morning! I‘ve been sleeping outside again on 1,900 m altitude. It looks like it‘s going to be another hot day. It feels much better in the mountains compared to cities with 40 °C. But of course it‘s clearly too hot for the eco system, no matter where you are. BTW: Don‘t cause wild fires!

#ClimateDiary #ClimateChange #Heat #Heatwave #Nature #Mountains #Hiking #Alps #Austria #Alpen #Österreich #Hitze #Hitzewelle #Klimawandel

"FORWARD, my PUGNACIOUS PACHYDERMS"

It’s finally done.

Statue of Michel-Gabriel Paccard in Chamonix, France.

On 8 August 1786, together with Jacques Balmat, he reached the summit of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps.

May 2010

#Chamonix #MichelGabrielPaccard #JacquesBalmat #MontBlanc #France #Alps #Statue #Monument #BlackAndWhite #monochrome #Frankreich #Alpen #Statue #Denkmal #SchwarzWeiss #monochrom #Alpes #NoirEtBlanc