Switzerland
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We traveled to the base of the mountain, some 9500’. Taxi, bus, two cable cars, stairs and an elevator. Air very thin, had to take precautions.
I can’t describe what I saw - it was overwhelming.
Standing in Switzerland, looking across Italy to Mont Blanc in France - the highest alpine peak.
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But all is not well in alpine paradise. The glaciers - and there are a lot of them - retreated some 30’ this year and they’ve had little rain. They’ve closed the mountain to public skiing for the first time ever - no snow. Time was you could ski all summer.
The Olympic ski team is still training and we met some of them on the cable cars. Charming young people, very athletic, very friendly.
They’re hoping for record snow this winter.
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A fellow traveler observed that the Swiss have developed more ways to change elevation than any other country, then proceeded to itemize them.
Stairs
Escalators
Trains
Funiculars
Elevators
Gondolas
Ski liftsWhat the Roman’s did for water the Swiss have done for vertical transportation.
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