Alpes

The early eighteenth-century essayist Joseph Addison wrote to his friend Edward Wortley, "I am just now arriv'd at Geneva by a very troublesome Journey over the Alpes, where I have bin for some days together shivering among the Eternal Snows."

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

The early eighteenth-century essayist Joseph Addison wrote to his friend Edward Wortley, "I am just now arriv'd at Geneva by a very troublesome Journey over the Alpes, where I have bin for some days together shivering among the Eternal Snows."

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Profite au maximum de ce séjour en famille dans les Alpes ...

en-tête - French Word-A-Day 2009

The early eighteenth-century essayist Joseph Addison wrote to his friend Edward Wortley, "I am just now arriv'd at Geneva by a very troublesome Journey over the Alpes, where I have bin for some days together shivering among the Eternal Snows."

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011

Baked Potatoes boiled potatoes are traditional in the Alpes

Regina Varolli: Raclette: A Warming Winter Dinner Regina Varolli 2011

But perhaps the first to stock this shelf was the eighteenth-century mountaineer Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, who wrote in his opus, Voyages dans les Alpes, that the chamois hunters of the Alps experienced a certain delight in their dangerous profession:

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland Richard Bangs 2011

But perhaps the first to stock this shelf was the eighteenth-century mountaineer Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, who wrote in his opus, Voyages dans les Alpes, that the chamois hunters of the Alps experienced a certain delight in their dangerous profession:

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland Richard Bangs 2011

Not since 2002, when there were five mountaintop finishes (at La Mongie, Plateau de Beille, Mont Ventoux, Les Deux-Alpes and La Plagne), have there been so many stages ending uphill.

Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Prudhomme hits home run with 2011 Tour route 2010

But perhaps the first to stock this shelf was the eighteenth-century mountaineer Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, who wrote in his opus, Voyages dans les Alpes, that the chamois hunters of the Alps experienced a certain delight in their dangerous profession:

Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland Richard Bangs 2011

Baked Potatoes boiled potatoes are traditional in the Alpes

Regina Varolli: Raclette: A Warming Winter Dinner Regina Varolli 2011