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The Fly and the Climber by ericvola The Groupe des Grimpeurs Marseillais was created by 'The Greek', Georges Livanos following the example of the G.H.M. The poem was published in the 1961 G.G.M. bulletin. Its author, André Tête, was a climber with whom I did in 1960, at 18, the North face of the Vignemale in the Pyrenees in a week-end. We left Marseille early Saturday morning, on a small motorbike (mine. My mother bitterly regretted to having let my father buy it for me and sold it off when I went studying in the UK the following year!), drove the 650 km to the foot of the face, reached late afternoon, bivouacked at the foot, climbed the route on the Sunday and were back in Marseille late the same day. Quite a trip, particularly since André was a very tall fellow, near 6 feet 4 and not that light. With our climbing gear, it was quite a test for my small motorbike and our maximum speed never exceeded 90/Km an hour!. [more]

Xaver Imfeld (1853 - 1909) and Zermatt by Zermattfan Xaver Imfeld from Sarnen was an extraordinarily talented and innovative engineer and topographer. He was leading in the fields of cartography, panorama drawing, construction of mountain railways, and terrain modelling. He created several terrain models, at least 11 models at the scale of 1:25,000 of parts of the Swiss Alps, but also technical and scientific models in very large scales of 1:500 to 1:2,000. He also sold paperweight models of different mountains. His two masterpieces, however, were the best models made until then: In 1896 he showed at the Swiss national exhibition in Geneva the “most beautiful model of the most beautiful mountain of the world”, a model of the Matterhorn in the large scale of 1:5,000 with an extent of 96 x 140 cm. Several casts of this model exist in different museums. They are on display at the Alpine Museum in Bern, Zermatt and Munich as well as ETH Zurich, at the Museum of Natural History in Lausanne and at the Municipal Museum in Winterthur [more]

Drinking Water in the Backcountry by whitetail Travel in remote areas can often present hydration challenges that are often compounded by weather, elevation and exertion. Often times the only water available is from the nearest lake/stream or snow/ice. In certain instances these sources can be used successfully without any treatment. In other cases successful use requires some form of treatment. Success in terms of drinking water can be defined as follows: The quantity of water available is sufficient to prevent dehydration and the quality of the water is such that the health risk from consumption of the water is acceptable. [more]

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