I learned to respect the power of nature in the shadow of the Switzerland’s towering Jungfrau, just south of Interlaken in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
Avalanches are a part of life here—where humble yet tough mountain huts are built on the downhill side of giant and protective boulders. Hikers, hearing rivers of falling snow rumble in the distance, scan the edges of distant glaciers hoping for a glimpse of the icy action.
