31 Aug 2011 Sertig to Monstein Hike (12 km) I was doing the math as we walked away. Born in 1925 … carry over the one … add four right fingers … yep, makes him 86 years old. Eighty-six years old and he’s out here on this 12 km hike, headed for Fanezfurgga Pass, intending …
30 Aug 2011 Weissfluhjoch/Haupter Talli/Strelapass/Panoramaweg/Davos Dorf (10 km by Foot) The Swiss build trains up to the most amazing heights. This Parsennbahn cable railway is climbing us up to 2662 m (8733 ft) and no one in this car besides me seems the least bit bothered by the fact that we are at a most …
29 Aug 2011 Stafa to Davos (130 km By Car) Pinch me because I’m definitely dreaming, dreaming that I’ve gone from lounging on the shores of Lake Zurich to the mountains of Davos. Surely this isn’t real. And yet somehow it is. Here we are, enjoying an afternoon walk through town, Monique and Sheila giving …
28 Aug 2011 Fussbach, Austria to Stafa, Switzerland (48 km) She was flagging us down from the side of the road and we simultaneously thought to ourselves, “Who is that crazy lady?” Why it was Monique, of course. Monique from New Zealand, Monique from the Banks Peninsula Track, Monique from the Christchurch earthquake experience, Monique …