June 22, 2010: Starting out! That's my old school in Leysin, with the Dents du MIDI behind. Can you see why I loved this place?
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June 22, 2010: On the way out of town I visited Dad's grave.
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June 22, 2010: Lake Geneva, where I hope to return in three months.
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June 25, 2010: Guard dog protecting goats from wolves.
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June 26, 2010: View of Mont Blanc from top of Dents Blanche.
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June 28, 2010: Col de Balme, the end of civilization as we've known it.
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June 29, 2010: Good morning from 3100 metres.
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June 29, 2010: On the go in very big country.
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June 29, 2010: Don't let go!
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June 29, 2010: We're reveling in freeze dried fettucini tonight. Would love to share it with you, but I'm afraid there's not very much.
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July 1, 2010: Just took a big fall. Am mostly ok but maybe broken rib. Waiting for helicopter rescue.
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July 1, 2010: The rock, the rope and the fallen climber.
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Result: Four broken bones in the left foot, one in the right.
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October 6, 2010: Even sunny mornings are slow, but finally we're off.
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October 8, 2010: The harbor gates at Konstanz.
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October 10, 2010: Leaving the Rhine for my tours around Büsingen and Schaufhausen.
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October 11, 2010: I don't know how it happened. I was riding yesterday and the derailleur seized up and I fell over forward. I think it got bent during my 'bike-whacking' through bushes and vines.
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October 12, 2010: Relaunching at Kaiserstuhl.
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October 12, 2010: Konrad back in the water at Flaach after I rejoined them from my two-day bicycle detour.
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October 13, 2010: A different kind of day in a region with a different kind of character--very industrial. This is the nuclear plant just downstream from Koblenz.
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October 18, 2010: Roland Baumgartner following the misty border.
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October 19, 2010: Starting today's four-canton tour in Allschwil. Why is my pack so heavy?
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October 20, 2010: Last night's camp above Lucelle. What a godsend. A big merçi to the farmer and hunter who built it!
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October 20, 2010: Jay Sherred and Lee Greenwald joined me in Delle this afternoon and we headed into the Jura.
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Good fun in the snow. Wish you were here!
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End of the bike journey! On the shore of Lake Geneva, at the beautiful little town of Hermance, complete with a medieval castle.
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October 29, 2010: Transferring everything back info a boat for the final leg this year.
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October 30, 2010: Here is our escort as we left Nyon. Despite all the dire warnings, the weather this morning is magnificent.
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November 1, 2010: Idyllic paddling conditions - and idyllic scenery!
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November 2, 2010: Pulling in to St-Gingolph, the start and the end of this year's border journey.
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The highs and lows of the first two stages of John Harlin's Swiss border odyssey.
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The American writer and adventurer began tracing the Swiss border on foot on June 22, 2010. After a serious accident, he resumed his journey in October of the same year, kayaking and cycling the northern and western borders with friends.
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