{"id":789,"date":"2012-03-14T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T16:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.downhillonly.com\/wordpress\/?p=789"},"modified":"2012-03-14T16:33:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T16:33:06","slug":"a-day-out-at-mrren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"A day out at M&uuml;rren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00fcrren is a little village across the valley from Wengen. It\u2019s quite a bit higher than Wengen, and the story goes that M\u00fcrreners look down on Wengen and say \u2018only any good for growing flowers down there\u2019. We look up at M\u00fcrren and whisper \u2018strictly for the goats up there\u2019. But anyway, it\u2019s a nice place to ski so we visit often. M\u00fcrren has a British ski club just like the Downhill Only Club in Wengen. On January 30th 1924, British skiers in M\u00fcrren formed the Kandahar Ski Club and within 12 months they had challenged the skiers in Wengen to a series of races. On race day, February 6th 1925, the Kandahar\u2019s resplendent \u201cK\u201d badges were countered in the lunch interval by some hastily contrived paper badges bearing the letters DHO, thus preserving for posterity the Wengen skiers preference for ascending the mountains by rail and skiing Downhill Only. The DHO was formed the next day over a celebratory dinner, precisely 53 weeks after the Kandahar Ski Club.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a bit of a climb after you get off the train.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12031401\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12031401\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031401_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quiet runs means you can go quite fast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12031402\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12031402\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031402_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Incredible views. This is at a restaurant called Sonnenberg where we stop for coffee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031403.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12031403\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12031403\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031403_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A bit further up the hill we ski some of the higher slopes. More views! That\u2019ll be the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in the background, all around 4000 metres high. In the foreground you see Val who is 1.64 metres.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12031404\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12031404\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031404_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the cable car on the way back to Wengen. Remember I said it was quiet?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031405.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12031405\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12031405\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031405_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in Wengen we pop into Rocks bar for a beer, and run into our mate Colin. Colin is a carpenter and he scratches a few extra francs by playing his guitar in the bars in the village. He\u2019s actually very good, but don\u2019t tell him I said so.<\/p>\n<p>Colin has a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year he sawed the end off one of his fingers doing some carpentry. Not much of his finger, about three quarters of an inch, but enough to be a major handicap if you\u2019re a guitarist. You see him here reconstructing the missing bit of his finger from bits of rubber and sticky tape, so that he can play in the bar tonight. He has not played in public since the accident. Tune in later to see how he gets on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12031406\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12031406\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12031406_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00fcrren is a little village across the valley from Wengen. It\u2019s quite a bit higher than Wengen, and the story goes that M\u00fcrreners look down on Wengen and say \u2018only any good for growing flowers down there\u2019. 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