I keep telling you guys it's a great place...

AA's alma mater shines again.

Why JJ is chasing dem mountain goats

Hiking and climbing mountains is better than sex. When you pull yourself up onto a summit -- and climax, so to speak -- the sheer physicality, beauty and endurance are like no other feeling on earth, he explains.

A Winter's Day Came a Traveler

This is a time of transition, or at least suspension of the old path, for at least three of us.
From goat hunting and wine drinking on the Alps to stumbling through Tejas nothingness with only a spider in that dried water jug for company; there goes JJ.
From dancing with wolves as a high plains Dakota snow drifter to playing the most berserk of Vikings in all of Ulan Bator; there goes MFT.
From watching harbor seals through the grey mists of Puget Sound to crashing and burning in spectacular fashion against the serried ranks of Russkie students [each and every one a Little Tsar] in Massachusetts; there goes AA.

Et tu AI?..........At least we may sleep secure with the certainty of Pepe Le Roi Soleil in his magnificent Versaille.

Maginot line up in the Alps

So why did the French build this fortification, close to the Italian border (just the other side of the mountain)? Afraid of mountain goats chasing them? Or Tex-Mex-Italians coming at them from Courmayeur? Inquiring minds need to know.

First woman on top of Mont Blanc

Was a Coanda look-alike! JJ, you owe me a 2-liter coke bottle of tzuica.

Mountain Time

BTORB took a ride over to Chamonix via téléphérique cableway on an extremely clear day. Viciously, he txted me Vive la France when he got across. Here, you are invited to Pilotez l'animation avec votre souris et découvrez les sommets... Notice that the French dopes call it a souris. What better revenge can I take on BTORB than to point that out? Similar site, Italian side, Utilizzare il mouse per navigare all'interno dell'immagine. Mouse.
The photo is of Mont Blanc Monte Bianco, from the SE.