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Grimsel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Grimsel , pass, 7,159 ft (2,182 m) high, S Switzerland, between the Rhône and Aare valleys. The Grimsel Road (built 1891-94), over the pass, connects Bern and Valais cantons. ... Read more
Bernese Alps
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...Switzerland. It lies north of the Rhone River and south of Brienzer and Thuner lakes and extends east from Martigny-Ville to Grimsel Pass and the valley of the upper Aare River . Many peaks, including the Finsteraarhorn, Jungfrau, and Aletschhorn, rise more... Read more
Aare
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Switzerland, 183 mi (295 km) long, rising in the Bernese Alps and fed by several glaciers. The upper Aare emerges from dam-impounded Grimsel Lake and flows generally W through Lake Brienz, past Interlaken (where it is canalized), and through Lake Thun, the head of... Read more

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Dr Rowan Adams
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/11/2000; ; 559 words ; ...Switzerland. The accident happened while she was practising safety manoeuvres prior to an expedition to cross from Grindelwald to Grimsel Pass with a small party of Scottish and Canadian skiers, headed by an experienced Canadian guide. Dr Adams was born in Carlisle... Read more
Skiing for softies? Don't believe it.(Features)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 11/17/2007; 700+ words ; ...hour-long Alpine tractor ride from Oberwald to the top of the Grimsel Pass, even if the locals will be making the trip on foot all...individual frying pans topped with ham, eggs and onions at the Hotel Grimsel-Blick on the top of the pass. Strap on your snow shoes, flat... Read more
Anniversary adventure raises funds for charities
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 9/18/2008; 219 words ; ...charity work before. They will travel 3,219 kilometres and attempt to cover three 7,000ft mountain passes - the Susten, Furka and Grimsel - in one day. Mr Aldersley said: "I'm not a great person for anniversaries, but this one seemed to jump out at me." David Squires... Read more
Cyc: Hailstones hit Swiss peloton
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 6/22/2007; 223 words ; ...Carlos Sastre. Friday's seventh stage takes the riders on a 125.7km run from Ulrichen to a finish up the 2164km summit of Grimsel, weather permitting. AFP gjw KEYWORD: CYCLING SWISS 2007 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors. Read more
Facilitating High-Level and Fuel Waste Disposal Technologies
Magazine article from: Nuclear Plant Journal; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Member States: Belgium (HADES, SCK.CEN), Canada (Underground Research Laboratory - URL, AECL), Sweden (sp, SKB), Switzerland (Grimsel Test Site, NAGRA), the United Kingdom (Geo-environmental Research Centre, University of Cardiff) and the USA (Yucca Mountain... Read more
Alp! I Need Somebody: By Car, Over Switzerland's Great Mountain Passes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/2/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...Europe's grandest high-altitude passes: first, the trio known as the Three Passes, consisting of the Susten, the Furka and the Grimsel; then, over the relatively new Nufenen; and finally, down the Rhone valley to the pass of choice for conquerors through the... Read more
A MONTH IN THE SKY
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/17/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...no shortage of these: the path of a bivouac-flier's life is full of them. In 1986, for example, I crashed in the heights of Grimsel and destroyed my glider - I still hadn't mastered the technique of landing on the side of a mountain. In 1989, my shoulder... Read more
Alpine Passage, Pass to Pass; The Alpen-Brevet Bicycle Tour Climbs 15,500 Vertical Feet in 132 Miles...in One Day
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/21/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...Furka, Nufenen, Lukmanier and Oberalp passes. When I rode the course a few years ago, it crossed the St. Gotthard, Nufenen, Grimsel and Susten passes for 16,000 feet in 106 miles-but the sensations were the same this year's riders will face. Three-quarters... Read more
MOL LABORATORY STUDYING STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Newspaper article from: Europe Energy; 2/14/1997; 373 words ; ...experiment, Praclay, is to be conducted in a new tunnel to be excavated over the coming years. 450 metres under the Swiss Alps in Grimsel, scientists are systematically studying the suitability of granite as a repository for nuclear waste. With the storage of radioactive... Read more

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