Hi SOTA-Friends
A great achievment for my YL Carine - I’m really proud on you, my “Schätzeli” 
Carine obtained her amateur radio licence 10 years ago and has been a regular on the bands ever since. She is particularly fascinated by Morse telegraphy and being able to use amateur radio to get in touch with people around the world whose cultures she would never have been able to connect with without her communicative hobby. As a passionate mountaineer, Carine has been exploring the Swiss Alps on foot with me for over 20 years - already since long before we discovered SOTA 
. Ten years ago, we finally discovered the SOTA mountain radio diploma programme and got to know both amateur radio operation and the planning and implementation of mountain tours from a completely new and fascinating perspective. As SOTA activators, we have already discovered many mountain peaks that we would probably never have known existed without SOTA. In June 2025, Carine finally achieved an impressive milestone by obtaining the 6th SOTA mountain goat diploma: in a brilliant finale with 3 physically demanding mountain tours in the Swiss cantons of BE and FR, she passed the 6,000-point mark We have posted an entertaining video on our YouTube channel with impressive impressions of the last 3 days of touring to the 6th Mountain Goat of Carine - enjoy 
My heartly congratulations to you, my dear
Best wishes, Chris
the same time I have to excuse me to all of the SOTA-activators, who are QRV exclusively in SSB - but I discovered CW and am thrilled about it 
anyway I surely will be back again in the future sometimes also in SSB or in FM from any of our summits