Sunset at Vernissage Berghaus
Monday 31 August 2009, Alps, Switzerland It’s already late when I walk between the huge stone blocks on the northwest flank of the Mittaghorn. The…
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Travel stories
Paradox in the snow
Saturday 24 December 1993, Norway Dutch North Cape Expedition 1993 Hrrrrrrr hrrrrrrrrrr hhhrrrrrrrrrrrr hhrrrrrrr grrrrgrrrr hrrrr… With a grinding sound my tires roll over the…
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Eerie forest in Sweden
Monday 20 March 1995, Sweden Dutch North Cape Expedition 1995 Sven van Asperen and Boris Krielen are travelling 3,200 kilometers from the Netherlands to the…
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Piz Bernina Spalla ridge solo
Piz Bernina (4,049m), 11 August 2009 Excerpts of a climbers life After the solo traverse of the Grand Combin early July it took me 2…
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Monte Rosa 8×4000
8 peaks over 4000 meter, 3 days, 0 huts, 8000m D+ Excerpts of a climbers life Summer 2017 in the Alps was a nice one…
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A nice stroll on the Dom
Dom (4,545m), solo, 26 August 2015 Excerpts of a climbers life The peak just left of the centre is the Lenzspitze (4,294m) which was my…
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Bridge of Doom
Nice 200 K bike ride yesterday. All went well, until… THE BRIDGE OF DOOM! Had done 144 K when I reached the small bridge across…
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IL CANE SALVATO. THE SAVED DOG.
During yesterday’s descent out of the blue a dog followed me. As there are many aggressive dogs around here I kept a close eye on…
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SWISS PEOPLE HAVE INVADED MY TERRITORY
At this campsite I rent a small old caravan, at the back in a corner where few people come, so it’s nice and quiet. While…
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When it rains it pours!
Great mountainbike training today. Almost 150 km in 6:17:13. But – while over 30 traffic lights were either green or could be more or less…
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If there are no stupid questions…
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m under the impression that at least half of all the people I meet in the mountains are complete idiots….
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Barre des Écrins solo
Barre des Écrins (4,099m), solo, 8 August 2012 Excerpts of a climbers life “Against my better judgment I struggled on through deep snow towards the…
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Dent d’Hérens W-ridge solo
Dent d’Hérens (4,171m), solo, 27 July 2012 Excerpts of a climbers life “It’s no good. You can’t do this. It’s not working. Go down. You’re…
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Mountain poetry
Various mountain poetry The mountain cheer, the frosty skies, Breed purer wits, inventive eyes, And then the moral of the place Hints summits of heroic…
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Nadelgrat solo
Nadelgrat solo, 16 August 2011 Excerpts of a climbers life It was mid August. Helmut Risse and I had just climbed the Mönch, Jungfrau and Gross…
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Epic on Piz Julier
Piz Julier (3,380m), solo, 14 May 2011 Excerpts of a climbers life I was having coffee on the Julier pass in Switserland when suddenly –…
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Of dogs and climbers
Today I was climbing on the large boulder when two ladies with two small dogs passed by. They were heavily overdressed for a walk in…
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Vlaggeduin
First day with snow! Biked to Katwijk this afternoon. Started out sunny. When I reached the dunes in Scheveningen the sky was getting darker. Road…
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Running on Scheveningen beach
Did an actual run on the beach after all. At one time there was some water on the beach. Had to cross it. Didn’t seem…
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Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99 Wear Sunscreen If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it….
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The Road Not Taken
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one…
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Allalinhorn Hohlaub ridge solo
Allalinhorn (4,027m), Hohlaub ridge, solo, 6 September 2010 Excerpts of a climbers life “Arriving at the last rocks two men asked me “Bist du allein?…
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Camels on the beach
Back! Thought I was gonna do a short run. When I reached the beach I still felt good and decided to do the same round…
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Grand Combin traverse solo
Grand Combin (4,314m), solo, 9 July 2009 Excerpts of a climbers life The summer of 2009 started early for me. I was already on my…
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