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Gearing Up for a Hiking Trip
Yesterday we did our first training hike for our next adventure. Part of the training is getting the shoulders and back to strengthen for the weight of the pack. Mine will be about 20 pounds which...
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Mountains, Flowers, Clouds
Mountains Flowers Clouds in the sky Air Sunshine Wind in the face Footsteps Trail Peace in the heart
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Tour du Mont Blanc – The Refuge Dining Room
An interesting dynamic can happen in the refuge dining rooms along the Tour du Mont Blanc. Here we are in the Refuge Bonhomme after dinner. You can see the terra cotta pichet of wine on the table...
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Tour du Mont Blanc and Beaufort Cheese
La Ville Des Glaciers is a sweet hamlet along the TMB that offers gorgeous views of both big scenery and close-up farm life. This is the epicenter of Beaufort cheese, the luscious stuff produced...
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Tour du Mont Blanc Panorama Photography
I loved my new Sony NEX-5N camera for its panorama capabilities on the TMB. I had to learn to use it, though, as the camera was new for the trip and I hadn’t had a lot of time to experiment before we...
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Tour du Mont Blanc – Ancient Roman Road
Here we are beginning our hike on the stretch of the Tour du Mont Blanc that is an ancient Roman Road. This climb was strenuous, but the old paving was interesting to think about. I pictured...
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Tour du Mont Blanc and Swiss Preparedness
It was impressive to walk through a little bit of alpine Switzerland and witness the amazing preparedness of these people. Can you believe this woodpile? After this picture I went around the back to...
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Tour du Mont Blanc – Fenetre d’Arpette at Last!
We went back this year to the Tour du Mont Blanc and hiked a piece of it we missed last year. Bill had a sore knee and this variant of the route warned of joint-crushing boulder climbing so we took...
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Tor Des Geants (Tour of the Giants)
We happened to be in Courmayeur, Italy for the finish of the Tor Des Geants, a grueling 205- mile endurance race. It covers mountainous terrain with almost 79,000 feet of elevation gain over...
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Mountain Hiking – Big Small Contrasts
This large green grasshopper greeted me along my way hiking in Switzerland. I’m sure he was congratulating me on completing a very hard ascent and descent of the Fenêtre d’Arpette of the Tour du Mont...
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