Total rest day and we needed it

Total rest day and we needed it

by | Jul 11, 2024 | TMB

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...
Today July 10

Today July 10

by | Jul 10, 2024 | TMB

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...
2 day update

2 day update

by | Jul 10, 2024 | TMB

Content goes here 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 Fours. 2710 meters and quite cold when we woke up and started. It was actually a closed...
Great day today to the Col du Bonhomme

Great day today to the Col du Bonhomme

by | Jul 8, 2024 | TMB

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...

Great first day of real hiking

by | Jul 7, 2024 | TMB

  7 hr fairly robust hike. We decided not to do the rope bridge (a difficult variant) since it would have added another 4 hours and there were too many clouds to see anything once we got up that high. Also we wanted to save our legs because in 2 days we will be...