Recently, I took a hike up to a formation I had heard about but had not yet seen. I have posted this elsewhere, but I will include it in the blog to ensure we can get this out there, as it is really impressive to see.
Satellite View, courtesy of Google Maps:
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Essentially, this is a near-perfect semicircular cliff face in the country side...I say countryside, because this is back in the sweeping Swiss fields, and inevitably. Cows graze directly on the brink...
My wife and I hiked up to it this past summer. It was an easy hike along a road, which was a bit of a surprise...what was even more of a surprise was to learn the road led directly to a nice restaurant stocked with good food and cold beer only about 300m from the formation itself.
View from restaurant - that horizon line is where the world ends...
Following our heavy but delicious meal of croûte de fromage at the restaurant, we walked through the grazing cattle to the brink, and were honestly struck dumb. Being there was better than expected. The cliffs are almost perfectly vertical and the formation itself follows a very smooth circular track. The view wasn't so bad either :
Again, sadly this is a small image, so the resolution isn't great...but you get the idea. My panoramic files end up being HUGE (500 MB+) so have to cut it way down for the blog...
Another view, just to give you an idea of the height of the cliff face and the impressive structure of the rock, here's a snapshot of my wife and our savage hound. She always comments she ends up as speck in my photos while the landscape sweeps majestically out behind her....as if she thinks I am focusing on the landscape and not her...
Stay tuned for my next posts!
Wade
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