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The Activity Workshop aims to provide a source of information for a wide variety of activities from the strenuous to the not-so-strenuous.

Air
Skydiving - plummeting towards the Earth without a safety net
Helicopter flying - zooming, hovering and swooping
Paragliding - floating silently, high above the scenery
Gliding - soaring and roaring through invisible airscapes
Indoor
Puzzles & Games - test your logic skills or just wage war
Electronics - construct kits and build your own gadgets
Language - ponder languages or test your foreign vocabulary
Land
Via Ferrata - metal walkways and ladders high up in the cliffs
Mountain Boarding - offroad skateboards for airborne excitement
Lacrosse - two teams, two goals, armour, helmets, and funny stick things.
Land Yachting - wind-powered racing on 3 (or sometimes 2) wheels
Hiking - breathing the fresh mountain air, basking in the scenery
Website news:
the Translatinator for helping with translations;  a birthday reminder called Oops, Forgot;  two Firefox addons called TheCoordinator and MmaBlindfold;  Via Ferrata in Flims;  the Advent of Code;  ways to support the site;  a new hiking route crossing the Southeast of Switzerland;  it's 2025!;  trek planner for the Alpenpanoramaweg hiking route;  version 26.1 of the GpsPrune application and its user guide; 
Snow & Water
Snowboarding - floating on frozen surf, riding mountain-sized waves
Windsurfing - tacking, jibing and racing like the wind
Wakeboarding - Carving real waves with boat power
Ski touring - Skiing uphill away from the crowds
Canoeing - Riding the white water on inflatable kayaks
Other
GPS - all GPS-related stuff including GPS experiments and coordinate files
Software - free software to download and play with
Maths - playing around with numbers for fun
Books - a small but hopefully growing selection of ebooks

Whether you need a rush of death-defying adrenaline, a relaxing unwind from the world, or something inbetween, there should be something for you here!

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Advent of Code: what an adventure! In 2025 we only had 12 days but they were packed with action, from arranging floor tiles to manipulating tachyon beams to connecting up the Christmas lights. And helping friendly cephalopods along the way. This year I struggled for several days with one of the puzzles and therefore well over 15,000 people finished the calendar before me, but it was a lot of fun, thanks to all involved. Happy to be back in the "all the stars club" with 524 ☆.

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