Wheeeeeeee! You might remember the picture of the beds I put on the wiki. Charming, eh? But I have good news! We got better beds! When I arrived up here today, the beds were all furnished with little foam mattresses and pillows. These are completely unexpected luxuries, and I’m sure we’re all relieved.

By the way: this is the view you’ll have from those beds. And there’s a better one out the other window.

I did some reconnaissance work on my way up and took pictures of the beer selection at the Coop in Ilanz. As you can see on the photographs, the selection of special beers is rather limited and quite expensive. Still, we can go there and get beer in a pinch.

But there’s a way out of the dilemma: If have your own favorite beers, bring some along and let us all sampe!

For those of you who travel by public transport: You only have to travel to Ilanz. Then you call Ramon on his cellphone and he’ll provide the shuttle service, that drives you up to Siat.

The Rough Guide to the Bergtagung 2007 is available for download on the wiki.

The guide includes a map of where things are in Siat, where to park your car etc. So there. No excuses if you can’t find us.

As you might have seen on the pricing page, the sleeping options we have consist of basic bed frames with wool blankets. If you’d like a more luxurious bedding, please bring your sleeping bag along with you. Those have much better thermal properties. Mmmmh, thermal properties.

On the left you can see, semi-live, the Bergtagung logo as it is being designed by Alex Antener. Observe the radioactive RSS pinncle-beams of death!

If you’re coming, please add your name to the list of participants so that we know how much food to buy.

If you prefer not to add yourself, you might have to hunt your own giraffe or ferret or cheese when you arrive.

Wondering what clothes to bring to the Bergtagung? Relax! We don’t know either!

The weather is increasingly erratic over Switzerland at the moment, some days going from cold rain and 10°C in the morning to humid 26°C in the afternoon (in Zürich). Siat, on the other hand, has a bit less frequent weather changes and about the same temperature and rain levels as Laax. So you if you need weather information, Laax’s weather page at Meteocentrale is not too bad.

I put the same information on the wiki, too.

I’ve posted a suggestion for the Bergtagung’s food variety in the wiki on the food page. Have a look and feel free to make changes or additions.

If you have food allergies or intolerances, please make sure to add the items you’d like to have to the list. e.g. if you need wheat-free bread and glutene-free pasta, add those two items to the dinner sections as they fit. Those doing the shopping can pay attention to that.

I’ve put up a new page on the Bergtagung wiki with details of how to promote things (or yourself) without providing any sponsoring. I hope for interesting results!