Category Archives: Around the World

A Very Long Walk

Quintin Lake: The Perimeter.

From the About page:

“The Perimeter is a photography project by Quintin Lake based on walking 10,000km around the coast of Britain in sections. The journey started on 17th April 2015 at St Paul’s cathedral and I’m following the coast clockwise. I expect the journey will take around 5 years.

I’ll be walking two to three months per year and the daily distance will be 20-40km depending on the going. I’ll be camping in the wilder parts and staying in guest houses in urban areas.”

Here’s the map of his hike and previous long-distance hikes he’s taken. So far he’s completed about 10% of the journey and is walking near Dartmouth at the moment.

André and I have hiked small stretches of the Coast Path here and there, for example between Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove, and I’m reading through Lake’s posts from the beginning, trying to catch up. I’d love to hike more of the British coast, especially in the Southwest (Cornwall, Devon).

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Darum ist es am Rhein so schön…

SWR Mediathek: Der Südwesten von oben – Das Rheinland. (Dauer ca. 45 Minuten, verfügbar bis 05.01.2017.)

Der Film zeigt einige Orte, an denen wir schon gelebt haben…

  • Andernach in der Vulkaneifel mit dem Kaltwassergeysir (der damals nicht mehr/noch nicht erschlossen war)
  • Hunsrück

… und viele Orte, an denen wir schon gewandert sind …

  • Brohltal
  • Steillagen des Weinbaus an der Mosel
  • Burg Eltz
  • Hunsrück
  • Rheinauen
  • Oberes Mittelrheintal mit den Burgen Ehrenfels, Rheinstein, Pfalzgrafenstein, Rheinfels, Maus, Sterrenberg, Liebenstein, Katz
  • Bacharach, Burg Stahleck
  • Loreley
  • Siebengebirge

…oder die wir besucht haben.

  • Trier an der Mosel
  • Cochem mit der Reichsburg
  • Mainz
  • Bingen mit dem Mäuseturm und die Nahe
  • Boppard mit seiner großen Rheinschleife
  • Koblenz, Festung Ehrenbreitstein, Deutsches Eck (Moselmündung in den Rhein)
  • Neuwied
  • Brücke von Remagen

A River Reborn

Seattle Times: Elwha: Roaring back to life.

“Elwha River — The Elwha watershed is booming with new life, after the world’s largest dam removal.

The first concrete went flying in September 2011, and Elwha Dam was out the following March. Glines Canyon Dam upriver tumbled for good in September 2014. Today the river roars through the tight rock canyon once plugged by Elwha Dam, and surges past the bald, rocky hill where the powerhouse stood. The hum of the generators is replaced by the river singing in full voice, shrugging off a century of confinement like it never happened. Nature’s resurgence is visible everywhere.”

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I still dream of the destruction of Glen Canyon Dam…

TAL collaborating with the NYT

The New York Times: When the Hospital Fires the Bullet. “More and more hospital guards across the country carry weapons. For Alan Pean, seeking help for mental distress, that resulted in a gunshot to the chest.” By Elisabeth Rosenthal.

This American Life: 579: My Damn Mind. “The brain! It’s powerful! We have the story of how one man’s delusions lead him to a situation that’s just as strange as the worst thoughts his mind is cooking up. That story’s a collaboration with the New York Times. Our second story is about a man using the power of his own mind to deal with a problem.” (The download is free during the week after release.)