You are never more in control of your own time than when hiking. Nobody and nothing forces you to do anything (except perhaps the expected distance or the hotel room you have already booked). Is it possible that this is why you feel so liberated? That a kind of dependence on this condition arises? That you want to do something again and again? …
Trans Swiss Trail - Between the Mountains and the Woods
You sit together at a long table, chat with mother and daughter, who are also on the Strada, and enjoy the sumptuous breakfast that contains everything your heart desires. This is how a day of hiking must begin; anything else would be a sin on this magnificent day that is announced on the mountain peaks. The old house in…
Trans Swiss Trail – Hiking on the Strada Alta
Well, today is the first day with company. The path is long, but, if I remember correctly, extremely beautiful. Deep down in the valley, traffic roars on the motorway, while up on the Strada Alta there is peace. Magnificent view of the Leventina and Val Bedretto mountain ranges. In villages and meadows...