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Time Laps Zurich-Glarus-Linthtal-Klausenpass-Altdorf-Vierwaldstättersee illustrated with video and photos Long Play, the whole ride was 4-5h::

bREAKfAST, sPRiNG sKi & sUMMER tARTE

zuerst gemütliches und stimmungvolles z'Morge am Vierwaldstättersee

 

video with Werner::

mit Werni, 80 jährig!!! Bergführer und Skilehrer, arbeitete in St.Moritz, im Palace Hotel, raucht und drinkt auf dem Berggipfel einen feinen Tropfen Weisswein. er war drei mal auf dem Dom, das harte ist nicht der Aufstieg, sondern der Abstieg mit 3000 Höhenmeter.
I met an Indonesian Honeymoon couple on Titlis, the groom plays Ice Hockey on Bauer Ice skates! coming from a country with a hot climate. the bride talked about frozen lakes, they were in Milano, didn't like it much, dirty air, she liked the clean swiss mountain air. next stop for them Paris.

My first Summer Fruit Tarte, Peaches from Marocco, best early fruit peaches ever, smaller size, ripe, deep dark red, flest orange, yellow, red, yummy, not like the green unripe and tasteless shit coming from Spain.

James Taylor Concert and Engelberg Titlis Ascent

daytime:

going up to the top of Titlis, carrying the skis on the shoulders, it's not far, but I had to pit stop twice to grasp more fresh air. I walked uphill 30-45 min. Fog above Stand, Nebelmeer auf etwa 2700m.

Treat in the evening: eine schöne Persönlichkeit

listening to the James Taylor Concert in Zurich. Good performance, nice evening, he is in the words of my compagnion, an American, her words: eine schöne Persönlichkeit.

he said that he doesn't speak "Schwiizerdütsch", Swiss German,  that he is sorry he has to speak in English, that he did not write his songs in "Schwiizerdütsch"!!

he was not sure if he ever performed in Switzerland, he did not, hardly any american bands performed in Switzerland in the sixties or seventies. he performed this song, more than 40 years later:

two nights later he performed in Paris @ L'Olympia, the classic music venue in Paris, Edith Piaf sang there.

The Music in the sixties and seventies was originally recorded on analog equipment, in his case, on REVOX, a home brand of Zurich, a Studer company from Regensdorf near Zurich.

 

The resolution on analogue equipment as REVOX is much higher than what  any digital has to offer. I write this, because James Taylor had on stage on the left side his old REVOX tower placed. He said, it was stacked hidden someplace, got forgotten, after a divorce he found it again and showed it off in the concert, I don't know if this REVOX is on stage in his later tour dates in Europe and the USA.
my blog's name:
The Two Lane White Top Fan Club

 is a reference to his movie:

 Two Lane Black Top

 with Dennis Wilson and Warren Oates

...... thank You James and Sue

Breakfast Vierwaldstättersee

early morning

breakfast at the Vierwaldstättersee with cold wind, Bise. 
on top of Titlis I met a honeymoon couple from Brazil.

Time Lapse Zurich Engelberg Titlis

to Spring Skiing

La Vie est Belle, Pierre Perrin

Engelberg Titlis First Freeride Off Piste

first freeride off piste in Engelberg, my personal guide: Pierre Perrin, un Chamoniard, vivant depuis 30 ans à Engelberg. he skis only steep runs, we skied two freerides, the second run he has skied 2000 times. un homme de Chamonix, France, Mont Blanc,la mer de glace, calls this

La plus belle descente de l'Europe
the locals call it la piste de Pierre.
we skied just the lower part.
Pierre: "la vie est belle."
c'étais un jour magnifique, merçi Pierre. 

Titlis Engelberg

on top of the Titlis, 2000 Asians and 200 skiers and me.

 

 3 days of skiing, great time, early in the morning some powder, later in the day springsnow, slush and sticky white gold.
i met Heini G from Lucerne, i met him in Zermatt long time ago.

Hergiswil, Vierwaldstättersee, L Rigi, R Bürgenstock

After Ski

Reborn SSkier

Engelberg
endlich, mein erster SSkitag vom letzten Winter oder vom kommenden Winter: You hear me now

Rotair

Tourist Buses

Wolfenschiessen, Grafenort OW, Dandelions,

Hergiswil
L Rigi,   R Bürgenstock

Ski à Grande Vitesse

First run with surprise interview by Lars Flütsch:

second run the day after:

filmed Flims March 2011

Barrhorn Summer