So, I was walking from Klingenstock to Fronalpstock, Stoos village, canton of Schwyz. Here I must mention that Schwyz is one of the original cantons that signed a treaty of alliance on August 1, 1291. This date is traditionally considered the beginning of Switzerland as a state. And even though that very first alliance was tiny, it soon grew, gained influence, and existed until 1798. At that time Napoleon ruined it, and in its place created the Helvetic Republic, also abbreviated as CH, meaning Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin. Hence the Swiss domain .CH and the currency code - CHF, meaning the franc of Confoederatio Helvetica. The famous font is named the same specifically because it was created by Swiss designers Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann.
The second interesting fact is that Stoos village is accessible only by funicular, and therefore there are no cars in it. An extremely rare phenomenon nowadays, but there you go, it happens. I was walking unhurriedly, and realized I wasn't in the shape to go jumping around the mountains. I weigh 93 kg, but that's still 20 more than it should be. Later I even wrote about it in our chat "Alcotrip Tsiryukh" to warn them that I walk slowly.
I didn't expect Switzerland to be so beautiful, because out of envy and laziness I don't look at photos of places I'm traveling to in advance. If you look in advance, you get this effect: "yeah, yeah, seen it", which isn't very fun. And as it turned out — for the first few days I thought roughly like that, but when I arrived in Stoos, I was totally blown away by the magnificence. Photos, obviously, don't convey even half the impression. I highly recommend going to my profile and checking out the photospheres via the links. Even despite my meds, which make me a bit sluggish and slow my reaction time, I was amazed. With clouds, if you don't overdo it, it's even better - they constantly change the scenery because they float by at a crazy speed.
Another interesting thing — gravel for reinforcing the trail is delivered by helicopter. Sure, why lug it on the lift when helicopters are sitting idle. They say in Switzerland you can take a day off from work to maintain mountain trails, paid for by the government. Idyll. I wish I lived like that!
Klingenstock - Fronalpstock
