Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
We did it. The hardest day of our trek. 18.43 miles and 4,716 feet of gain. Those numbers are according to my phone which continues to outperform Zak’s. But if the phone was attached to me, then that’s what I’m going with. Maybe I was spirographing the whole time? Regardless, it was a heck of […]
Read More Day 9: Rufugio Bertone to La FoulyWe made it back to Switzerland! This was one of my favorite hikes of the week so far. We woke up bright and early at 4:55 and were promptly on the trail by 5:30. I don’t really much of what happened before 10:30. I ate some granola bars and strutted along my merry way. At […]
Read More SWITZERLANDToday started way to early at 5 am we woke up and got right to hiking skipping breakfast. I have had no idea what time it is all day but at some point close to when we stared hiking I had a granola bar and then another I think like 6 miles in. I didn’t […]
Read More Day 8This morning we got to sleep in for the first time all trip. I slept so nice until I heard someone knocking on our door. We went promptly up to the room our parents were sleeping in and were welcomed by an assortments of different croissants, bread, yogurt, and fruit. This was probably one of […]
Read More “Rest day”“Crushing it, we’re crushing it. Hiking up a mountain and we’re crushing it.” Was both the song and theme of the day. In theory today was our rest day, and compared to the last four it was easy. Just 2.5 miles and 2,200 ft up. It turned out to be a very steep climb though, […]
Read More TMB Stage 5Its 930 and we are leaving at 530 tomorrow so its bed time but here is a brief summary of the food today. Breakfast we got from our hotel. It had croissants, eggs, toast, jams, and some other stuff I don’t remember. Then for lunch we got 3 pizzas to share before our hike. I […]
Read More Day 8( I think)Rest day!!!! Most people doing this hike take one or two rest days and we are (kind of) doing the same. While planning the trip Zak and I didn’t see the point in a day with no milage gain, knowing we’d spend the day walking around the town we were in. To us, it made […]
Read More Day 8: Courtmayeur to Rufugio BertoneBefore getting to today’s hike I think dinner last night deserves a small description. We were seated at a table with a young couple from Lithuania and a young single guy from Virginia who now lives in Dubai. The first course was a delicious risotto served from a giant pot rolled from table to table […]
Read More TMB Stage 4After posting last night we went to dinner and we’re seated with three others, a guy from North Carolina who lives in Dubai and a couple from Lithuania. It was lovely getting to know them over the best risotto (they just called it rice, but it was so much more than rice), roasted pork, green […]
Read More Day 7: Rufugio Elisabetta to CourtmayeurToday basically started last night because I did not sleep at all. The bunks creaked whenever someone moved an inch the entire bunk bed would creak, there was thunderstorms all night, and it was a very uncomfortable bed. We woke up to lighting and thunder. We quickly ate the provided breakfast which was so unappetizing […]
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