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Knot

Valentin Murariu — 2024-10-24T13:51:27Z

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Knot

Valentin Murariu — 2024-10-23T13:24:32Z

This knot is good for end-of-line around an object (but not through a hole). Variant 1 - from above Variant 2 - from below

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Knots

Valentin Murariu — 2024-10-23T13:15:49Z

Useful if you put the rope through a hole and want to block the rope. Variant 1
Not easy to undo, especially after the rope has been put under tension. Variant 2
Easy to undo : just pull the short loose end of the rope.

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Knot

Valentin Murariu — 2024-10-22T15:16:16Z

Variant 1 Variant 2

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Knot

Valentin Murariu — 2024-10-22T11:23:26Z

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Reaching (my own) audio nirvana

Valentin Murariu — 2023-12-24T22:10:39Z

Tonight I have reached a certain level of audio nirvana. A boy's (me, much younger) dream came true.
Music source : Qobuz (HiRes)
Streamer : WiiM Pro Plus
DAC : Merason Frérot
Amp : Naim XS2
Speakers : Sonus Faber Liuto
I am sincerely sorry for my neighbors (or rather their ears) , I hope they spend, like all normal Swiss residents, their next few days of vacation somewhere in the mountains.

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Hike to cabane de Trient

Valentin Murariu — 2023-08-13T19:32:34Z

Nice day hike to Cabane de Trient, passing by Cabane d'Orny. Based on the suggestion on the Valais.ch website.
So, let's start with the technicalities. The attached GPX file is my recorded session: and the summary of the trip is nicely available here:
Then some impressions: First part of the hike is unimpressive. It's a highway, anyone can walk there and that's not necessarily good. People in sneakers have been seen there today. Man... In romanian that's called "pantofari". It seems (…)

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Miam!

Valentin Murariu — 2023-08-09T18:19:47Z

Bon appétit !

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Hike to Blümlisalphütte

Valentin Murariu — 2023-08-08T20:48:54Z

Last week-end: wonderful hike from Kandersteg, then to Oeschinensee, then up to Blümlisalphütte.
The GPX files for import in whatever tool you use (I use Locusmaps):
– day 1:
– day 2 (I did the same hike, just in reverse, the weather was too bad - as in : snowing quite heavily - to continue to Griesalp):
An now some (wonderful, I hope you'll like) pictures:
Just after Kandersteg:
At Oeschinensee:
A bit higher now:
Same place photographed several times within a very short (…)

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Learning German

Valentin Murariu — 2018-07-27T06:13:58Z

Online classes
The DW classes A1 to B2 are really excellent: http://www.dw.com/fr/apprendre-lallemand/cours-dallemand/s-2617Articles
A lot of interesting stuff on the DW platform (just play on it, it proposes stuff for different levels): http://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/top-thema/s-8031 http://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/nachrichten/s-8030
But also: https://readersdigest.de/de/ http://www.tagesschau.de/ https://yourdailygerman.com/Grammar my condensed grammar favorite: (…)

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