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First SUP of summer 2023

Now that the lake is finally warming up and I don’t have to leave early to get to language school every morning, I’m going to try to get out on the lake whenever the weather is nice. Yesterday I took the stand up paddle out for the first time this summer.

View of lake with stand up paddle in the foreground and forested hills in the background.

Jungfrau at sunset

The last light of day on the Jungfrau above Wengen

The Jungfrau, a rocky and snow peak in the Swiss Alps, with a few small peaks reflecting the rosy light of sunset.

Rivendell

Lauterbrunnen valley, the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Rivendell, is quite literally a “riven dell” — it looks as if the gods clove the earth here with a giant axe.

Landscape view of a steep-sided valley surrounded by snowy mountains on a sunny day.

Wengen office

Office for the next three days. Nicht schlecht.

Laptop on a small table in front of a window with a view of snow-covered mountains in the Swiss Alps.

Apple Watch Fall detection

I managed to trigger the fall alert on my Apple Watch during my hike today when I tangled the snow chains on one boot with the shoelace hooks on the other boot and promptly fell over (I’m fine).

Kleine Scheidegg – Grindelwald hike

Winter hike: Kleine Scheidegg – Alpiglen – Brandegg – Grindelwald Grund, 10.4km, 18m ascent / 1,132m descent, 2°C ☀️ with a stop for lunch at Alpiglen. Fantastic weather again. Pity I have to work tomorrow.

A wide, groomed ski piste against a backdrop of snow-covered mountains under a clear blue sky.

Morning view from the Alpenruhe

Morning view

Fir trees, snow-covered buildings, snow-capped peaks under a blue sky.

Männlichen – Kleine Scheidegg hike

Winter hike: Männlichen to Kleine Scheidegg, 6.5km, 272m ascent/433m descent, 2h, 1°C ☀️. Beautiful hike on a glorious day. Most of the times we’ve come here in winter the weather has been miserable.

Snow-covered mountain peaks Snowy mountain slope catching the last golden rays of sunlight at the end of the day.

Wengen visit

Excited to spend 4 nights in Wengen, a small car-free village in the Swiss Alps.

Snow-covered village on a shelf above a steep valley with a backdrop of snow-capped peaks.

Picking colors like a Boss

Which was fine because now I have a secondary label color that meets AA standards under normal contrast mode and AAA standards under high contrast mode (in both light and dark modes, naturally).