Nice! Gee, Switzerland is pretty. Who'd a thunk? ;-)
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Just getting to process these. We were on a self guided inn to inn hiking
> excursion for about a week . Prior to leaving we went to the "top of
> Europe." Rather pricey train tickets even with the 1/2 price pass.
>
> We were told this girl had never made a snowball before---she should have
> gone to our place two winters ago and could have made trillions
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-2KgTggc/A
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> The weather was iffy the first hiking day and the trail became hard to follow
> due to snow despite it being July.
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-HCLVbSk/A
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> We doubled back and took an alternate route and were rewarded with these
> views that had been rather unremarkable 45min prior. Despite 15miles more to
> go took time to unpack the 'pod and Z. 35 shift.
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-TwxH9J6/A
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-nbzvRtg/A
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> The Swiss cows are very personable--much more so than their reserved New
> England cousins. We fed them dried cherries out of our trail mix.
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-PhHssgP/A
>
> I lugged waay too much gear up a steep incline on the way to Kleine
> Scheidegg. I had to stop and turn my new hiking pants into shorts, and dip
> my arms in a cow trough and take a break in order to be able to continue.
> I could not resist bringing extra stuff and felt the weight penalty uphill.
> Moral of the story is that two light kits end up being not so light. I was
> fine on the flat or downhill for mile after mile though. I looked quite the
> worse for wear by this point but Marnie looked just the same as when we
> started.
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-TsMHnjQ/A
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> She later told me we could have taken a ski lift thingie half way up, but
> would not have wanted to miss these views:
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-vqNMsvk/A
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> We finally made it up to Kleine Scheidegg for lunch, fill up our water, and a
> rest ---remainder of the way down to Wengen was easy and scenic.
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-Gk4xTdZ/A
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> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-T8bTJ4c/A
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> http://www.olyendomike.com/Switzerland-2016/i-dGN23BT/A
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> Lug too much stuff, Mike
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