Simplonpass At the end of July 2020, I walked the ViaStockalper with a friend. We arrived the evening before our hike in Brig and spent the night right next to the castle built by Kaspar Stockalper over 300 years ago. He also developed the mule track over the Simplon in the 17th century. It had… Continue reading Via Stockalper
Since I already walked across the UK, I thought it was time to do the same in Switzerland. It will be about 600 km with about 20’000m altitude difference. It should take 30 days. I will walk it in several sections as I can’t take a month off and also hiking in the Alps, for… Continue reading Hike across Switzerland – Day 1 to 6
Lake Lucerne In 2020 I started a still ongoing challenge, and it might take a few more years before I finish. I’m planning to walk around all lakes in Switzerland that are more than 2 km2. I will only circle lakes that are totally in Switzerland, leaving out Lake Geneva and Lake Constance, since that… Continue reading Lake Challenge
St. Chrischona Tower, the tallest free standing building in Switzerland Basel-Stadt (Basel-City) is the smallest Canton in Switzerland, which makes it possible to walk around it in one weekend. It has three boarders, Germany, France and Canton Basel-Landschaft. I took this walk in the middle of March 2020 just before the boarders were closed because… Continue reading A walk around Basel
From the 12th to the 16th of July 2019, I hiked with a friend in the Gotthard region. We loosely followed the Vier-Quellen-Weg (the trail follows the sources of the four rivers Rhine, Reuss, Ticino and Rhone). The first two days we adjusted the route so it would be easier to find a place to… Continue reading Vier-Quellen-Weg
In April 2018 I started my walk from Land’s End to John o’Groats. I was very unsure if I would make it and I also thought this would be a once in a livetime experience, never to be repeated. In the meantime I realized that I love long distance walking and hopefully I will be… Continue reading Hiking Land’s End to John o’Groats
On the path 