Walk the Tour du Mont Blanc
With
Ralph Dobbertin
July 2024
What
I will be walking 170 km from July 3 to july 21 2024. The path starts in France and goes around Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, through Italy and Switzerland.
The first two days will be spent acclimating to the elevation. We will be camping most of the time though we anticipate a day or two in a Refuge etc. Packs will be slightly heavier because we will be carrying our tents etc.
The Camino Frances had an elevation gain of about 13 km over 31 days and 800 km distance. This tour will have an elevation gain of about 10km over 10 days and 170 km distance…so the hike is shorter but much steeper… with a heavier pack.
Luckily we will only be carrying a little bit of food as there are places to eat and re stock.
My biggest concern this time are my knees on constant steep terrain.
Take a look at my blog posts (below) as they get made, hopefully, daily.
Interesting video to Help you Understand the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB)
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I was plotting my route on a mapping app and was a little humbled by the vastness of the Mont Blanc Massive when I turned on the 3D feature!!
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Went on the Aguille de Midi
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.
Our first day
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...
And we are off
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Staying here July 8
On our way to this. Don’t underestimate the altitude gain here. Will be a tough day.
