Was great to see Leon and Frauke again. Thanks so much for taking the time to visit us.

So tired. was hard, fantastic and dangerous. Will post more tomorrow…

Another long and hard hike of about 8 hours. Total distance travelled 8 km. Normally I hike 9 km in just under 2 hours. Steep. That said today was probably the most spectacularly scenic day of the trip. We hit the famous ladders, saw ibex, and the mountains were...

About a 9 hour hike day. Very steep ascent and the descent was about as much as I could take. While I feel strong my knees are just saying “stop now, it’s enough”. The trails on YouTube videos are all nice and smooth and clean. In reality that’s maybe 20%. Most of the...

Very steep up and down. Legs and knees starting to feel it. Today will be longer so hoping yesterday was just an anomaly. Ate a great meal to compensate lol. Wanted to do fenetre d’arpette but was advised against it due to weather, snow and ice. At dinner we met some...

Only 5 hours of hiking that started downhill but ended with a very steep walk up. So steep that our faces were confronted by the ground. Champex lac is a beautiful little lake town and we will watch the euro cup final here in a pub. Not too many pics today as we were...

Have some pictures but internet is poor so cannot upload. Over 9 hours of hiking today and very steep up and down. Tired today. There is 1 picture of me walking on a 6 inch ledge with a 500 foot drop on one side. I quickly realized I was a little off trail. Alot of...

Big rain and thunder morning that cleared for a bit but basically rained all day. Today we r staying at the refuge bonatti. Tough and extremely steep first 2 hours that leveled off. We r supposed to have the best views of Mont Blanc but the weather did not cooperate....

Washed and dried some clothes. Everything was damp and tent was packed wet. All dry now Ate in courmayeur and had fantastic pasta and wine Well rested Tomorrow we set out again for another long hike… in rain all day. Have to, to make the schedule. But it’s a game day...

Sunrise while wild camping We should be able to see Mont Blanc but too many clouds today. Me perched at 2710 meters. So steep the snow doesn’t stay Hiking in a valley

We woke up around 5 AM to make sure no one found us wild camping. Ugh. Still tired. Packed up and started hiking. BTW we are now in Italy. Same mountains but different. All fantastic. Walked about 1 km and decided to make a hot coffee on trail. So we set up our stove...

I’ll write a bit then try to send pictures. Internet is very sporadic in the hills. We are in Courmayeur now so hoping I can.   So we did climb the Col des...

2500 meters. The elevation makes the air thin enough to feel when you are ascending with a pack, working hard. we breathed really hard. So maybe 50 steps then a 30 second rest. Parts were steep, basically a scramble. We crossed water , snow and did I mention it was...

So many campers Some muddy trails Trail lunch Beautiful chalets Will be climbing a peak like this in 2 days.

We are in Les houches. No one who hasn’t walked the TMB has heard of it. But it’s the start and finish of the hike. A very rainy day that turned hot and humid then stormy and cold. Tomorrow’s hike depends on the weather. There may be thunderstorms and one doesn’t want...

About 3800 meters. We walked up some steps and were huffing and puffing. Air is thin up there. And nice and cool. Look closely at some of the mountain pics. The tiny tiny ants you see are people walking up Mont Blanc.

After traveling for what seemed all day with airline strikes and missing a bus… I ate and drank. Was great. Went to sleep and slept like a rock after being up about 36 hours. Woke up at 7 am without jet lag. Was a cool night but I was warm. Today we do the aguille de...

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On our way to this. Don’t underestimate the altitude gain here. Will be a tough day.

Just heard this variation is closed because of high snows. It’s one of the highest and toughest. Hoping it opens and hoping we have the legs to try it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7fxvaoeAl_M For the anglophones: he says it’s high and hard to do. Don’t try in snow...

This is really just another test post as I get closer to leaving. That said my flight in was cancelled due to an airline strike in Ireland. whoopsies. Had to call airline and be on hold while many people in the same situation were calling in. While doing that i was...

First did not work Testing again

  The starting point of the hike