Not the best day for climbing

    Apr 7, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    This morning we were the first ones at Arcegno, a pretty nice area with a couple of routes in our range. Since we haven’t climbing in about a year due to getting the dog, buying the farm and other things that took up our time, we basically have to stick to the...

    Out of the tunnel

    Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    We didn’t actually see any accidents or anything but we did slow down quite a bit while in the tunnel. So now we’ll all take a quick break, call the apartment owners to let them know we’re cutting close and take a potty break…and then get on...

    Finally going in

    Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    We’re waiting at the lights to go into the Gotthard tunnel…finally! It should be smooth sailing from here. We’ll make another switch on drivers after this since all the stop and go has killed S’s legs…so we’ll make a quick pit stop...

    At the Gotthard tunnel

    Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    Well, it’s almost 1 pm and we’re not yet to Locarno. We’ve got 102 km left according to TomTom which should only take us about an hour…but we’re a few km from the start of the tunnel with full traffic jam. The problem is that they...

    Just about half way…

    Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    So we’re on our way to Locarno and are about half way there. Our navigation system says we have a little less than 3 hours left which would get us there at about 1 pm. With any luck, this will actually turn out to be true and we can perhaps get in a bit of...