FollowAfter all the rain yesterday, it was nice to wake up to find the sun was out. We’ll have our usual visit to the Schilthornbahn station for lunch. Val caught the bus and had a little explore while she waited for me. Lots of paragliders as usual.
The Lauterbrunnen valley is one of the top venues in the world for BASE jumping. This is fundamentally different to paragliding. Whereas paragliders inflate their parachute before they leave the ground, Base Jumpers jump from the cliffs above the valley, enjoy a few seconds of free-fall, then deploy their parachutes. Obviously there is far more that can go wrong, and unfortunately it sometimes does. Here is a shrine to some of the Base jumpers who didn’t get down safely.
Eventually I came plodding along the river.
We enjoyed our usual schnitzel sandwich, and hiked back to Lauterbrunnen. Uptown Lights at the Sunstar tonight.