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By Dylan 1991
October 15th 2009
Klein Matterhorn Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Zermatt
Managed a solid six hours of boarding which is a good effort considering the size of the mountains.. Hard on the old legs. Had a go on the half pipe and im pretty sure i have a brocken arm and maybe a few brocken ribs..nah abit of r&r and it should be sweet! Also played the "how many asian tourists you can spray when they fall over game" lucky for me a whole Asian tour group was on the mountain got a personal best of fifteen!..ummm its time for me to make like a tree, Switzerland is way too expensive, because [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 15th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=445212]


The Matterhorn is still closed. The wind isnt as strong as yesterday but the temperature at the peak is minus fifteen degrees. Instead of going to Interlaken I am going to stay here until I am able to snowboard this stupid mountain. The train to Interlaken is a budget crunching 80Franks so its probably a good idea i dont go. I also found out that with Eurail, one country isnt one day, you can go as far as you can in that date on any train service which is bloody good! i dont know what im going to do today. Just [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 14th 2009 | 34 Views | [diary=444919]


It was snowing really heavily in the village yesterday which was the coolest thing ever, i felt like a three year old kid when you first see snow. But today it has completely cleared up. The Matterhorn is closed because of the strong winds on the the peak, around 46kph. So because of the visibilty I went hiking with two other Australians (Matt and Andrew), also staying at the Matterhorn Hostel. We climbed to the top of Dufourspitze which is 4634 metres above sea level. It gave a 360 degree view of the Alps and the Matterhorn and across the boarder [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 14th 2009 | 30 Views | [diary=444925]


Well here we are in lovely Switzerland! At the moment we are having a lazy day, catching up on a bit of reading, napping and blogging. Half the reason for this is because our feet are quite sore and the other half is due to the weather. We have rain and thunder today so it’s quite nice being wrapped up in the van while watching the rain hit the glaciers above us. We are currently staying near a little village called Randa which is about 15 minutes drive away from Zermatt Village. We have spent the last couple of days doing [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 2nd 2009 | 83 Views | [diary=424729]

Hiking above Zermatt. Check out the Matterhorn in the background.
Go the Matterhorn!
Taking a breather..

On the 7th July we fly to Geneva to begin the Walkers Haute Route. The world famous skiers Haute Route (High Level Route) was turned into a high altitude trek years ago and is 180km between Mont Blanc (Chamonix) and the Matterhorn (Zermatt). It should, hopefuly, take us 13 days and we'll post some pictures and a trip report (excitement) here before we head off to Canada on 27th July. I have put a few photos on but haven't written a trip report as that would be a tad heavy at this stage. More to follow. [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 25th 2009 | 115 Views | [diary=411851]

Above the clouds at Col de Torrent
Art, Cabane de Mont Fort
Le Grand Desert, nr Prafleuri

To be fair, I only visited for a few hours and had a really horrible day. My Mom and I had one of our mother-daughter blow-ups and I decided to go to Zermatt alone. I really wish we both weren't so stubborn sometimes:( Anywho, my Mom and I had the Flexi-Saver Swiss rail pass, which required that both travelers travel together at all times. Since I was taking the 3hr (each way) train ride alone, I thought I had to purchase a separate RT ticket for myself. I knew it would be expensive (as everything in Switzerland is expensive) and was [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 11th 2009 | 96 Views | [diary=417508]

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Morning spent wandering around Lugano, before a stop at a swiss chocolate shop for a second breakfast. Then back into Italy and onto Lake Maggiore. A short boat trip to visit the island of Isola Bella, a magnificently located palace and garden island. Lunch on the island before a visit of the palace, where both Napolean and Mussolini had been famous visitors. Then back into Switzerland and up through the Simplon Pass, into the snow and Alps again. Overnight at Tasch, as cars can't go any further towards Zermatt. [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 8th 2009 | 51 Views | [diary=388806]

Isola Bella
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Isola Bella

Just got back from Switzerland and it was amaaazzinng! I think the best trip so far. Last week I decided I want to go out every night that i have left in Madrid! We dont have much time left at all.. and I know that once real school starts back up again I'll wish I was here having fun so thats my new goal . and its worked out so far so yay- Monday night: A friend that I went to Toledo with and is studying in Salamanca now came back to Madrid for a few nights before going off to [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 30th 2008 | 164 Views | [diary=349998]

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Uno de los paseos mas bonitos que hicimos un Suiza fue a Zermatt, un hermoso y pintoresco pueblito ubicado al pie de una de las montañas mas famosas del mundo: el Matterhorn. Para llegar allí hay que ir a [url=http://www.myswitzerland.com/en.cfm/destinations/resorts/offer-Destinations_Resorts-General-134545.html]Täsch y luego tomar el tren Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn que tard [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 28th 2008 | 91 Views | [diary=339096]

Jugando con la tia en el auto
Zermatt
Chocolateeeeees

Hmm... it's been a while since I posted. I think I've been having too much fun climbing mountains. I guess I should go back and fill in some details from the last couple weeks, since my last update didn't contain much. The bad news... I don't have photos to include. Again. Well, I HAVE photos, I just can't add them. This computer keeps crashing every time I try. Bah! I promise a truly outrageous number of photos in about a week when I'm home! Including many many mountains and some cookies! Sunday the, uh... 31st of August, I think? I went [View Full Entry]

I Get High On Mountains - Liam Perrott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 10th 2008 | 57 Views | [diary=321947]



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