FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

 Ich hoffe, dass die Dialog über die Grenzen und Kulturen hinweg zu einer friedlicheren Welt führt, in der Werte, Kunst, Kultur und Wirtschaft fürs Leben menschlicher werden können und sich Naturnah entwickeln dürfen (Hans-Jürgen Bell) BELLA VENEZIA (Satis Shroff) It was a bright sunny morning when Claudia, Giacomo, Silvana I headed for Italy from Freiburg. The first Swiss town we went through was Basel, which is known for its university and chemical firms near the Swiss-German border. The sky was a cobalt-blue as we sped through the Arisdorf tunnel. In Switzerland you have to go through a lot of tunnels. The Swiss have introduced a vignette system whereby every car has to have a sticker pasted on its windscreen at a cost of 30 Swiss francs annually. The Swiss autobahn (highway) was surrounded by breath-taking scenery, with green pastures and rounded hillocks. In the distance you could see the Alps. As you speed along the well-maintained highway you see picturesque tiny tow...

Ueli Steck: was a fascinating Swiss climber from Basle (near Freiburg) and now he lives no more. He was known for his daredevil speed-climbing in the Alps and the Himalayas, and had a row with Sherpas while climbing a few years back.Ueli was a blogger, climber and an inspiration for young climbers throughout the world. The world of high-altitude climbing will miss him. May his Bergsteiger rest in peace. ---Satis Shroff The Sherpa Issue: Live and Let Die on the Death-Zone (Satis Shroff) Can you imagine over a hundred Sherpas throwing stones and threatening climbers from abroad? Even the Swiss climber admits that the deep animosity between the tourist-climbers and the Sherpas was more of a behavioural nature, and a longstanding one at that. What made the normally peaceful Sherpas threaten the visitor from abroad with ice-picks? Was it a deadly faux pas that brought the wrath of the Sherpas? The three foreigners wanted to climb the Lhotse’s flank up Camp 3 to...