Here are many picture from a week spent at my sister's place. The weather was average, but there were still enough sunny spells to enjoy the nice autumn light!
lundi 22 novembre 2010
vendredi 12 novembre 2010
Kiwi-week in Crana (Ticino) with Dion&Nicola
Aim: a kiwi-meeting to welcome Dion&Nicola in Europe!
The settings: Crana, in Ticino (the Italian part of Switzerland). This is a very lovely place in a very scenic location, I wouldn't mind live there!
Who: Dion&Nicola, Donn&Jen, Amelie&Xavier, Caroline, Bruno, Oliver, myself, some friendly goats...
Results:
- some (tons of) mushrooms have been found. I think we found something like 50 sorts of mushrooms, including the great ceps, edgehogs, thrumpets of plenty, and even some chanterelles!
- some walking was done, especially when Donn&Jen's minibus was blocked (for deserved reasons) by some buses, so we had to go back by foot to the chalet... Assinos!
- some (tons of) mushrooms have been eaten, cooked in a great variety of recipes including boiled mushrooms, mushrooms sauces, or used dipped in a cheese fondue!
- some other ingredients have been eaten, including 6kgs of flour, a couple a kgs of butter, and some Brownies...
- some people stepped in poo...
- some climbing was done
- (...) and much more!
Heaps of fun in other words!
PS: you can see many more pics on Jen's blog, Donn's blog, and hopefully soon on Dion's blog.
The settings: Crana, in Ticino (the Italian part of Switzerland). This is a very lovely place in a very scenic location, I wouldn't mind live there!
Who: Dion&Nicola, Donn&Jen, Amelie&Xavier, Caroline, Bruno, Oliver, myself, some friendly goats...
Results:
- some (tons of) mushrooms have been found. I think we found something like 50 sorts of mushrooms, including the great ceps, edgehogs, thrumpets of plenty, and even some chanterelles!
- some walking was done, especially when Donn&Jen's minibus was blocked (for deserved reasons) by some buses, so we had to go back by foot to the chalet... Assinos!
- some (tons of) mushrooms have been eaten, cooked in a great variety of recipes including boiled mushrooms, mushrooms sauces, or used dipped in a cheese fondue!
- some other ingredients have been eaten, including 6kgs of flour, a couple a kgs of butter, and some Brownies...
- some people stepped in poo...
- some climbing was done
- (...) and much more!
Heaps of fun in other words!
PS: you can see many more pics on Jen's blog, Donn's blog, and hopefully soon on Dion's blog.
My hometown will save the world!
On the 10-10-10 (10 being the number of my native region!) was the inauguration of the new social hall in my hometown. It attracted some famous people such as the current economy minister Mr Baroin, and made the news (http://www.lest-eclair.fr/index.php/cms/13/article/467070/La_salle_socioculturelle_un_bijou_environnemental). Not too bad for a 200 inhabitant village! But this required some commitment from the council in order to find the necessary funds, and in particular from the Maire (Patrick Baillot, my uncle) who spent a few white nights on the project...
Basically, the hall has been built following the most stringent environmental norms, which is very rare even for much larger&richer cities. It has an excellent insulation, is underground for the north and west aspect to protect from the cold winds, has large openings on the south and east aspect for taking advantage of the sun, uses geothermal power ("named geothermie" in France), and has the most efficient heat-pumps... And these later are barely needed, as people's corporal heat is sufficient to maintain a comfortable temperature... If the hall is full of people, an air circulation is actually required to cool down the atmosphere, even during the coldest days of winter!
Basically, the hall has been built following the most stringent environmental norms, which is very rare even for much larger&richer cities. It has an excellent insulation, is underground for the north and west aspect to protect from the cold winds, has large openings on the south and east aspect for taking advantage of the sun, uses geothermal power ("named geothermie" in France), and has the most efficient heat-pumps... And these later are barely needed, as people's corporal heat is sufficient to maintain a comfortable temperature... If the hall is full of people, an air circulation is actually required to cool down the atmosphere, even during the coldest days of winter!
Climbing the west ridge of Tete de Fetoules with Jerome&Jean Francois
With the Maureaus (Jerome and Jean Francois), we climb the classic west ridge of Tete des Fetoules. It is the right hand ridge on http://www.summitpost.org/t-te-des-f-toules/391606, a rather aesthetic right. We bivvyed next to a small&cute lake on the first day, and did the climb the next day. Fun climbing, everything went well... I supposed it is a bit of a too nice story, unfortunately blemished by a very sad story!
Indeed, I forgot my famous green water bottle (http://www.steepexposure.com/2009_01_01_archive.html) at the summit... What an idiot, I was really attached to this bottle, for various reasons...
Indeed, I forgot my famous green water bottle (http://www.steepexposure.com/2009_01_01_archive.html) at the summit... What an idiot, I was really attached to this bottle, for various reasons...
What the hell is Francis doing???
Ok ok, I have been lazy-as these last couple of month, and didn't post anything... My first message is a guess: what is Francis doing in that picture?
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