Amercian Climber: Live Trek of Swiss Alps on Social Media
The adventure continues - the American climber and writer John Harlin III begins the third and final chapter of his attempt to travel the entire 2,000km Swiss border on July 6. After paddling and cycling along the northern and western borders, this summer he will climb the thin, and often dangerous, alpine line that separates Switzerland from its southern neighbors. We get to follow John's adventure through his multimedia Border Stories, live on swissinfo.ch, Facebook and Twitter.
“This summer will be by far the hardest part of the journey. If I were to stay on the exact border, it would involve about 280,000 vertical meters of up and down, but the plan is to follow more trails and not to climb every mountain. If I stick to that plan, it is only 220,000 vertical meters! That is like climbing Mt. Everest 12 times round trip from the sea,” explains John Harlin III, who is looking forward to this most challenging stretch of frontier while he communicates his progress through several social networking sites via smartphone.
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