A Red-Sky Camp Above Thun & Interlaken: One Night at Walopsee
I didn’t plan this trip. It was Friday, 3:30 pm, I left the Zug area with one simple goal: sleep where no one else is. I steered toward Thun/Interlaken, then…
Plan B Above Lake Brienz: When Hardergrat Sells Out, Axalp Delivers
Last Sunday (7 December) I wanted another spontaneous ridge day—no over-engineering, just a big view and a clean line. The idea was to do the Brienzergrat/Hardergrat from Brienzer Rothorn →…
A Day at ESAF 2025 (Mollis, Glarus): Steam of Tradition, Sawdust, and a Very Swiss Kind of Joy
I spent Saturday, 30 August 2025 at the Eidgenössisches Schwing- und Älplerfest (ESAF) in Mollis (Glarus)—Switzerland’s biggest celebration of Schwingen (Swiss sawdust wrestling) and Alpine culture. I’d last gone six…