Furka Pas, Switzerland

[Rob Zijlstra]

Some of the shots I made there:

The eastern beginning:

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Looking towards the east end of the pas

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Riding into the clouds

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Looking at the western beginning of the pas

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My son Alex taking a shot at the great landscape

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And the real 'die hard's', incredible what a condition those guys ( and girls!!) must have; hat's of

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[SamIAM]

Thanks for sharing this amazing shots.

 

[Dez Santana]

Wow. Such depth.

Nice set Rob.

 

[lany]

great set of a beautiful landscape!

 

[LyndeeLoo]

Woooow!! Those are great, Rob...the depth is amazing!

 

[hockeyron]

Beautiful ...
geez just looking at those bikers makes my legs hurt ...
saw some bikers on the Going to the Sun road in Glacier NP last July and I have no idea how they do it ...

ron

 

[Rob Zijlstra]

Sam, Dez, Paul, Lyndee & Ron,

Thanks for the nice words. And those bikers? As said, incredible that they do this.

For now back to the sorting and PP'ing the next few thousand shots :biggrin::biggrin:

 

[Rui Lopes]

??? but... what are you doing in Switzerland? Don´t you have enough interesting stuff in the canals???:biggrin:
Seriously - an oustanding set of pictures! I really like it!:smile:

BTW: looking at the last pic I´d like to ask whether you brought your bike over there? :biggrin:

 

[dhalloxf]

Rob,

Those are just terrific photos. I really like the depth and colors.
Thanks for sharing.

Dave

 

[Rob Zijlstra]

Dave, thanks for the nice comments. But the reality is much better as those shots I took. Incredible landscape !!

 

[Rob Zijlstra]

Hello Rui,
Canals? Those canals I've seen for the last ... years!
But I keep saying it: Switzerland is (until now) the most beautiful country in the world. Friendly people, clean, terrific opportunities for walking, skiing, biking, you name it.
(And we had the luck to have nice weather).

No, I did not bring my bike. I drive a Kia Picanto, so that would be rather difficult. But you can rent them (I think) rather cheaply almost everywhere.
And for me biking there? No thank you Sir, I would fall of the mountains! I was glad that I could keep up (more or less) with my son when walking in the mountains!

I'll try to post more asap, because we made some wonderful walking trips in the mountains and in the snow, seeing wide vistas of mountain-ranges etc etc.

 

[Bob Coutant]

A wonderful set, Rob, but that's as much vertigo as I can take for a day.

Rest assured, however, that I will be back for the next set.

 

[truronion]

Great shots, I was forgetting how beautiful switzerland is, must go back.

 

[Rob Zijlstra]

Thanks Bob!

Thanks Truronion. It's indeed a country to go to!