{"id":10084,"date":"2021-09-22T13:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10084"},"modified":"2021-09-22T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:52:21","slug":"thrill-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10084","title":{"rendered":"Thrill seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a nice day, so we bought lunch from the bakery and had a walk in the valley. The first signs of autumn are appearing in the colours of the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1807\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1486-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1486-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1486-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1486-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1486-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1486-1536x1084.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1486-2048x1446.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1486-425x300.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we walk we hear a loud &#8216;crump&#8217; from above. Some brave soul has jumped from the cliff, enjoyed a few seconds of free-fall, and then presumably hoped his parachute opens. Luckily, it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1664\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1488-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1488-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1488-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1488-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1488-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1488-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1488-2048x1331.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1488-462x300.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This somewhat hazardous sport is called BASE jumping, and  Lauterbrunnen, with its near-vertical cliffs is one of most popular places in the world to do it. The jumpers are usually in groups, and sure enough a few seconds later another one jumped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1772\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1489-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1489-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1489-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1489-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1489-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1489-1536x1063.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1489-2048x1418.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_1489-433x300.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever you think of the sanity of doing this, they certainly provide some entertainment for us walkers. Dinner at the Eiger with Emily and Vicky tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a nice day, so we bought lunch from the bakery and had a walk in the valley. The first signs of autumn are appearing in the colours of the trees. 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