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yvanleterrible · 07-12-2007, 03:27 PM

Yeeeeeeah! Beauty!

Dr. Drib · 07-12-2007, 07:28 PM

I love that photo.

The other two are extremely nice, but that first one -- WOW!

(I think a bold-face is called for

)

Don

Rocketime · 07-12-2007, 07:36 PM

All three are very stunning. I want to live there. Oh I forgot, I need a job.

HarryT · 07-13-2007, 03:08 AM

Ah, fond memories. That bottom picture is Mt. Pilatus, isn't it? Wonderful views from the summit in the winter (although it's a seriously scary cable-car ride - I always keep my eyes shut on the last bit of it

). Generally a "heat haze" in the summer so you can't see very much at all.

Alexander Turcic · 07-13-2007, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Ah, fond memories. That bottom picture is Mt. Pilatus, isn't it? Wonderful views from the summit in the winter (although it's a seriously scary cable-car ride - I always keep my eyes shut on the last bit of it

). Generally a "heat haze" in the summer so you can't see very much at all.

It is... Pilatus greets me every morning when I open my windows.

The last bit is when the cable-car goes almost vertically up, right? Definitely not recommended if you have no head for heights

HarryT · 07-13-2007, 03:37 AM

That's the one

. I enjoy the first part of the ascent, with the small cable cars at "tree-top" height - that's beautiful; totally silent and all you can hear is the sound of the cow-bells in the pastures below. It's the last bit, where you transfer into the large cable-cars and you have a sheer drop of thousands of feet below you that I find rather nervewracking. Still, the view from the top makes it all worthwhile!

I much prefer to go up on the cog-wheel train but, as you know, that stops running as soon as there's snow around.

Dr. Drib · 07-13-2007, 06:23 AM

...but I'm afraid we'd just sit around and read!

Your new photos are just stunning. You live in such a beautiful country.

Don

HarryT · 07-13-2007, 06:30 AM

It is stunning. If you ever get the chance to visit Lucerne, don't hesitate. It's one of my favourite places in the whole world. We should all go and have a "Reader convention"

.

Bob Russell · 07-13-2007, 06:57 AM

Great idea Harry!

But I think you'd have to be insane to get in one of those cable cars! Looks dangerous to me... How often do they inspect those things anyway? Btw, wasn't there a cable car like that in one of the James Bond movies with the metal jaw guy?

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

It is stunning. If you ever get the chance to visit Lucerne, don't hesitate. It's one of my favourite places in the whole world. We should all go and have a "Reader convention"

.

HarryT · 07-13-2007, 07:18 AM

There are cable cars just like that on a high percentage of the mountains in the Alps. They look scary, but I believe they are extremely safe in reality. The only time in recent years I recall there being an accident was a few years ago when some lunatic in the US Air Force flew a fighter jet through a valley far too low and hit - and broke - the cables. A car fell and 20 or so people were killed.

07-12-2007, 07:28 PM	#32
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,412 Karma: 59504381 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	That first photo is breath-taking I love that photo. The other two are extremely nice, but that first one -- WOW! (I think a bold-face is called for) Don

07-13-2007, 06:23 AM	#37
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,412 Karma: 59504381 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Alexander - your photos make me want to visit you... ...but I'm afraid we'd just sit around and read! Your new photos are just stunning. You live in such a beautiful country. Don

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Ah, fond memories. That bottom picture is Mt. Pilatus, isn't it? Wonderful views from the summit in the winter (although it's a seriously scary cable-car ride - I always keep my eyes shut on the last bit of it ). Generally a "heat haze" in the summer so you can't see very much at all.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	That's the one . I enjoy the first part of the ascent, with the small cable cars at "tree-top" height - that's beautiful; totally silent and all you can hear is the sound of the cow-bells in the pastures below. It's the last bit, where you transfer into the large cable-cars and you have a sheer drop of thousands of feet below you that I find rather nervewracking. Still, the view from the top makes it all worthwhile! I much prefer to go up on the cog-wheel train but, as you know, that stops running as soon as there's snow around.

07-13-2007, 06:30 AM	#38
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It is stunning. If you ever get the chance to visit Lucerne, don't hesitate. It's one of my favourite places in the whole world. We should all go and have a "Reader convention" .

07-13-2007, 07:18 AM	#40
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	There are cable cars just like that on a high percentage of the mountains in the Alps. They look scary, but I believe they are extremely safe in reality. The only time in recent years I recall there being an accident was a few years ago when some lunatic in the US Air Force flew a fighter jet through a valley far too low and hit - and broke - the cables. A car fell and 20 or so people were killed.