 During this time he skied the Alps as part of the University's athletic program.Returning to Trieste to sell his German Amphibious Jeep, he and a companion purchased an Italian Lambretta motor scooter and rode it back to Switzerland, crossing the Great St. Gothard Pass and two other major mountain ranges at night.For their summer vacation he and a companion moved to Italy's Island of Capri for three months where they learned to skin dive.