Saturday 13 July
24km ( 88km) – 1800m ascent – 505m descent.
Today was definitely better than yesterday, lots of ascent but only a smidgeon of descent; descent makes you want to amputate your toes and your feet generally feel like they are being steadily crushed – so that was nice. We saw lots of waterfalls and had to climb ladders to escape a gorge, walked through the snow line (got ankle freeze), saw a few marmots. Mother claims she’s developed “Walker’s Elbow” and I am yet to die of sepsis from my sunburn. The refuge is also awesome as we can see Mont Blanc from the window and the beds are really comfy!
2 Comments
Grandma
July 15, 2013 at 8:08 amThe scenery looks amazing but Im'sure there's an easier way to access it.How did you manage to revive your phone? You seem to have covered about 25% of the route – it's certainly more exciting that the Tour de France. Keep it up!
grandma
July 15, 2013 at 11:36 amSorry, Maddy, that should have been 12.5% still you seem to be making good progress.
Love, G'ma