Comments on: armchair excursion to the Alps

armchair excursion to the Alps

madamjujujive — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:54:06 -0800

I came upon an enchanting gallery of Lac Léman ice storm photos via presurfer today, which then led me to some rather beautiful scenes of the the Alps. There was also an amazing shot from space, and a link to another site where I followed hikers to les Massif de Bauges and le Massif de la Grande Chartreuse. OK, I didn't get my work done today, but I had a marvelous trip to the Alps.

By: page404

page404 — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:02:26 -0800

re your first link, an addition on bOING bOING notes: "Please note that the photos of ice in Geneva on boingboing are due to water spray from the lake, not because of an "ice storm". If you look at more of the photos you will see that everything covered with ice is right next to the lake shore. If you look closely at some of the photos there are houses in the background that are free of ice." Nice post and wonderful photos madam!

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:03:34 -0800

It's Sunday, madam j.j.j., you're not supposed to be working. (Unless snow shoveling out your desk, like those of us up here down east of you.) Thanks — that is an amazing shot from space, showing the sun not setting on the British Empire.

By: sled

sled — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:25:52 -0800

Mountains are addicting, sometimes to the point of death.

By: sled

sled — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:27:56 -0800

Forgot to mention the irony of the cow photo. I never forgot the day I struggled a long time, with much effort, to get to the top of a peak in Utah only to find a big pile of cow dung on the top. Somehow it really made me upset. Needless to say, I didn't take the same route down.

By: allan

allan — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:30:24 -0800

The sunset photo is, of course, fake. I lived in Grenoble for a year, and got to look up at Chartreuse every day. Fantastic hiking and boulder scrambling... I had such a wave of happy/longing/memory looking through those. Thanks!

By: hortense

hortense — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:04:21 -0800

Very nice, thank you.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:28:38 -0800

Nice walkies! Looks a lot like bits of BC, but with more goats.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 18:36:09 -0800

Nice, beautiful.

By: arse_hat

arse_hat — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 18:50:00 -0800

Ice storms are nasty but I always love snapping a few pictures. Ice just makes for lovely images. Thanks for these even if they aren't really storm pics.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:44:24 -0800

Thanks for the clarification, page404, and for the debunking, allan. Damn, I never questioned that. sled, that's an amusing story. If you struggled to get to the top, it must have been demoralizing to think some big old bovine managed. Are you sure it was a cow flop? Maybe it was a bighorn sheep calling card. Waves to my down east neighbor, lelilo! Ah, yes, work beckoned. The self-employment thing is feast or famine, doncha know.

By: stonerose

stonerose — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:45:11 -0800

Beautiful, mjj. Thank you!

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:00:55 -0800

My only question about the "ice storm" photos is this: are those all tourists' cars? Because I'd hope like heck the locals have learned to never, ever park beside the lake...

By: homodigitalis

homodigitalis — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:13:01 -0800

Thank you - I had enough of this cold beauty last weekend ... brrrrrr ... I live close to the Alps ...

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:28:50 -0800

Cool, homodigitalis - we're all coming over for a hike next week, then, okay? Well, maybe we will wait until this deep freeze passes, sounds like you guys have it rough! And while on the topic of cool things, you have a very nice blog!

By: ThePrawn

ThePrawn — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 06:39:44 -0800

Incredible photos. The way the ice hangs over things (I can't decide if it's blades or shag carpet) really has a Tim Burton feel to it.

By: homodigitalis

homodigitalis — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:55:52 -0800

@madamjujujive: Thanks for the kind words. Guess the US and most of Europe currently has more then enough snwo and ice.