Julia Etter Kristen - Swiss - Born in 1968 - Academic Studies - Has a long green thumb and loves plants - Is a great chef and likes to share recipes - Keeps the diary, the botanical data collection and writes travelogs - Splendid Photographer This picture shows her in Spooky Gulch, one of the most famous (and also one of the most narrow!) slot canyons in the American Southwest.

Martin Kristen-Etter - Austrian - Born in 1951 - Academic Studies - Built up a Swiss computer company in his "early years" - Decided in 1992 not to wait to start his real life until the time he is legally retired - Has a short green thumb and loves plants - Likes to work on the websites - Maintains a huge botanical library (he loves to collect books) - Writes travelogs - Splendid Photographer This picture shows him as a good-natured desert-cap wearing pack-animal (type "coolie") at the Cumbre de San Pedro (on his back camera equipment, on his front beverages and Julias' other stuff)

Dedication

This HomePage is dedicated to:

all relatives of the Etter family
all relatives of the Kristen family

our friends
Erika & Bruno Baumann, Kleinsachsenheim, Germany
Lori Biggers, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Thomas Bolliger, Zurich, Switzerland
Hans Brammer, Berlin, Germany
Elaine Cannell & Mary Lane, Globetrotters
Danae & Pablo Carrillo Reyes, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Gabi & Norbert Caspari, Böblingen, Germany
Patricia Hernandez de Cházaro & Miguel Cházaro Basañez, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Chuy (Jesús) Cortés Aguilar, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Catherine Koch & Richard Desomme, Globetrotters
Urs Eggli, Zurich, Switzerland
Philomena Eitel, Uitikon, Switzerland
Dolores & Hanspeter Elsener, Zurich, Switzerland
Richard Felger & Silke Schneider, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Betty & "Fitz" (Walter A.) Fitz-Maurice, San Luis Potosí, SLP, México
Adelita & Everardo Garza García, Matehuala, SLP, México
Kristin & Blair Gillespie, Atascadero, California, USA
Sandy & Val Gillespie, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Gudrun & Moritz Grubenmann, Zurich, Switzerland
Dylan Hannon, Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden, Claremont, California, USA
Hausa Hansen & Wölfli Behles, Zurich/Jona, Switzerland
Nesa & Fredy Heschel, Dielsdorf, Switzerland
Ross Hilmoe, Prescott, Arizona, USA
Wendy Hodgson, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Elba, Lars & Valentin Huber, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Dorli & Hansjörg Jucker, Teufen, Switzerland
Myron Kimnach, Monrovia, California, USA
Laurie & Mike Langevin, Portland, Oregon, USA
Susi & Rainer Lauwigi, Krefeld, Germany
Elke Steudter & Kay Löser, Bern/Bremen, Switzerland/Germany
Suzanne & James Low, Rancho Cordoba, California, USA
Ralf Maile, Waiblingen, Germany
Gil Meacham, Aumsville, Oregon, USA
Uschi & Ferdinand Neufeld, Burladingen, Germany
Ilona & Wolf Ogorek, Globetrotters
Lisa & Jim Osse, Globetrotters
Judy Moon & Bob Otness, Redwood City, California, USA
Margrit Pape, Hedingen, Switzerland
Katrin & Oliver Porzel, Steinwiesen, Germany
Amadeo Rea & Takashi, San Diego, California, USA
Jon Rebman, San Diego, California, USA
Helmut Regnat, Ottobrunn, Germany
Heide Rilling & Marion Rilling, Globetrotter
Gabrielle & Robert Roberts, Globetrotter
Neil Rothal, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Carol & Andreas Schwall, Winnipeg (also called "Winterpeg"), Manitoba, Canada
Maggie & Bill Shanklin, North Freemantle, Australia
Manuel Sotomayor, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Fred Sproul, Ramona, California, USA
Dieder Supthut, Zurich, Switzerland
Nicky Verda & "Zino" (Hans-Jörg) Zientarski, Giubiasco/Adliswil, Switzerland
Lori Wersinger & Ray Anderson, Denver, Colorado, USA
Peter Winkler, Gossau, Switzerland
Liane & Ernst Wölfing, Competa, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
Georg Widmann, Olpe, Germany
Thomas Widmann, Riehen, Switzerland
Michael Wilson, Tucson, Arizona, USA