G7 protesters unite in opposition to TTIP under the alpine sun

A stroll in the alps with protesters at the G7 summit at Garmisch – and ‘the largest police operation in the history of Bavaria’“The Japanese have a saying”, said Willi Hartenstein, pausing for a reflective puff on a cheroot. “A snail may climb Kilimanjaro, but slowly. Very slowly.” We were taking a shady break, halfway up a sunbaked alp, on a protest hike to the gates of Hotel Schloss Elmau.
When it comes to climbing mountains, snails have one distinct advantage over Hartenstein.