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I'm sitting in the Radisson hotel at the Zurich airport ready to catch a flight home tomorrow. It’s been an amazing adventure! I have no...

This is what I did today. Glacier Express to St Moritz I began the day with my typical breakfast Took the little hotel taxi to the train...

i took off my boots today for the last time. My final 3 days will be spent on a train or plane. My waterproof Merrell hiking boots I...

Train to Zermatt Today has largely been a travel day. I wish I could have taken some decent pictures from the trains. There was so much...

Today was another spectacular weather day. Being Sunday, most shops and boutiques were closed. If you are of a certain age you may...

Lenk to Gstaad Hotel Gstaadherhof I started in Lenk went through Betelberg to the Trutlisbergpass then followed the dotted line to...

Adelboden to Lenk The route My hotel Going to sleep last night with the windows open listening to a thunderstorm was quite cozy. Waking...

This was out my window last night. Today was listed as a rest day on my itinerary so I took advantage of that and made my own side trip....

Kandersteg to Adelboden The route This was today’s plan. I went rogue. One of the advantages of being on a self-guided solo trek is most...

One of my better decisions was to overnight at Blumlisalphutte at the top of Hohturli pass (over 9,000 ft!) last night. After posting my...

Grieslap to Kandersteg Today’s route The Hohturli is the highest point on the Via Alpina, a long distance hiking trail traversing...

Rest Day in Greislap The sun is shining! Views from the 3 sides of my room. Today was a rest day and that is exactly what I did. It was...

Murren to Grieslap Today’s hike was from Murren to Grieslap Hotel Grieslap Not gonna lie - today was brutal. I was warned. They didn’t...

Lauterbrunnen to Murren This is my route for the next 12 days Ascents and descents for the next two days Today I hiked as far as Murren...

After a good night’s sleep with the windows open listening to the rain, I awoke to what I had missed in the dark last night. Site of my...

WHAT A DAY! 10:00 am Still trying to get to Lauterbrunnen I spent the morning and early afternoon in Heathrow airport’s Sapphire Club...

Let’s do this! Thanks to all of you who have encouraged, supported and believed in me since I first hatched this idea. Special shout out...

Indy to Philadelphia to Zurich Train to Lauterbrunnen Hotel Silberhorn where I’ll stay for 2 nights.

Thirty five years ago I started dreaming about hiking in the Alps. I filled a folder with pictures and articles from travel magazines. ...