Today I hiked up Pilatus, probably the toughest hike I’ve ever done. I’ve been training for this for 9 months: 9.3 km, 1,620m ascent, 5h, 24°C. At least the weather was clear this week, so the views were good.
Tag: Outdoors
Miglieglia trip, day 2
Sunday we had decided to forgo hiking in favor of a visit to a water park, but the B&B owner talked us into hiking to this beautiful spot on the Magliasina river instead. The little waterfall powered a 19th century forge. The water was brisk to say the least.
Hiking down
Saturday’s hike down was harder than expected. I mostly hike up then take a lift down, so I was wiped at the end of the day (which also included 3 hours of driving and waking up at 5).
Pretty flowers
Pretty flowers
Miglieglia trip, day 1
This weekend we visited the medieval village of Miglieglia in Ticino, the southern Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. Saturday we took a cable car up to Monte Lema, had lunch, then hiked down 930m back to town. We ate dinner in 1 of 2 restaurants in town and then crashed.
Pilatus
I caught a view of Pilatus, which I hope to hike next Tuesday.
Pre-alpine meadow flowers
Pre-alpine meadow flowers
Hochwacht hike
Morning hike, Zugerberg Hochwacht: 8.2km, 290m ascent, 1h55m, 16°C. Panorama of Lake Zug (and Zug city)
Albishorn selfie
Albishorn selfie
Something I really enjoy
Something I really enjoy is triaging work emails or catching up on my technical reading list from the top of a mountain. This morning it was reading NSHipster’s excellent article on WWDC 2019.