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Three days on the Berliner Höhenweg

August 16, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

A beautiful and strenuous three day hike along the Berliner Höhenweg in Zillertal.

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Posted in: Hiking Filed under: Austrian Alps, hiking, Public transport, Zillertal

A swift trip through Untere Bergleinschlucht

August 11, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

A stunning, wet and fun canyon on a lovely hot day in Austria. Untere Bergleinschlucht is “ideal for children” according to the guidebook and “really fun for adults too” according to us.

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Posted in: Canyoning Filed under: Austrian Alps, canyoning, neoprene, swimming, wet

Pyramidenspitze by sun and hail

July 27, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

A lovely day out where we just escaped hiking in the storm.

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Posted in: Hiking Filed under: Austrian Alps, hiking, Zahmer Kaiser

Canyoning equipment

July 23, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

I’ve talked to a few people who want to get into canyoning, but don’t necessarily want to spend too much…

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Posted in: Canyoning Filed under: canyoning

Canyoning in Pitzbach and Hühnersbach

July 20, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

This was the first inaugural trip of the Max-Planck-Institüt für Canyonforschung, an interdisciplinary approach to getting wet in canyons.

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Posted in: Canyoning Filed under: Austrian Alps, Bavarian Alps, canyoning, neoprene, swimming

My first German canyon: Finzbach

July 5, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

On Thursday I got a fb message from Wolfgang Streicher. Did I want to go canyoning tomorrow, he asked? Well, yes, obviously. One hour later I had my flexitime day off arranged and the next morning I met with Stephan and Werner at an U Bahn station at the edge of Munich.

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Posted in: Canyoning Filed under: Bavarian Alps, canyoning, neoprene, swimming

Grinzens, Salfainssee and Four Peaks

June 29, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

A beautiful ridge walk with Tanguy where we stayed cool despite the heat in the valley.

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Posted in: Hiking Filed under: Austrian Alps, hiking, Inntal, Public transport

A visit to ITER and CEA/WEST

June 27, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

This was my first visit to the ITER site to meet with our collaborators, so I thought I’d record a few impressions whilst I wait for my plane at Marseilles airport.

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Posted in: Fusion Filed under: CEA, climbing, iter, my work, nuclear fusion, tore supra, west, wild boar

Hiking and Klettersteig in the Karwendel

June 24, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

More photos Three days of hiking and Klettersteig (Via Ferrata) in the Karwendel mountains with Jerome and Johanna. Although not…

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Posted in: Hiking Filed under: Austrian Alps, hiking, Karwendel, Klettersteig, Public transport

New calculations show proton-boron fusion is still difficult

June 5, 2019 Jack Hare Leave a comment

A new paper shows that an attractive form of nuclear fusion is more practical than previously thought. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s still hard!

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Posted in: Fusion Filed under: advanced concepts, alternative concepts, nuclear fusion

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