[travel] Maximum extreme day

[mattbell]

I'm back in Interlaken, Switzerland. This is one of the most beautiful places in the world. The Swiss have more or less lovingly turned the mountainous regions of their own country into a giant nature theme park. There are scenic train rides, cable cars to amazing vistas, bike trails, walking trails, and support for a wide variety of extreme sports. It's all very well maintained and appears to be minimizing environmental impact. It's probably one of the most successful ecotourism operations on the planet, and has been for much longer than the word ecotourism.

Anyway due to the timing of an incoming storm, I will be doing both the extreme advanced canyoning and the extra-long 134m bungee jump tomorrow in a combined extremaganza that will deplete my cash reserves by more than a week's worth of travel in Vietnam. If you don't see any more entries for a while, it means I'm probably in a hospital somewhere. :-) But seriously, I think it will be fairly safe doing canyoning with experienced guides and a reputable company.

The paragliding is very tempting too.

Comments

[il-capitano-z.livejournal.com]

The color of the rivers there is just surreal. And if you have time I suggest hiking up Heidi Klum (or whatever that mountains name was... it's similar to that) and there is a great restaurant at the top that tastes amazing after a hike like that.

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

I didn't do that hike, though I went up the Schilthorn and did a lot of hiking in the Murren/Gimmelwald area.

[savorie.livejournal.com]

Bungee jump!!! So cool! Can't wait to hear all about it-- doing such a jump is a dream of mine from when I was a kid.

I think I would love Switzerland too.

[radven.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend paragliding.

I someday would love to do some paragliding in Europe. Wee!

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

Back during a college internship I worked with an Austrian paraglider, and he kept talking about how smooth the conditions are over there. Do you still have your powered paraglider thingy? It looks like a lot of fun.