Day 15 - Our Last Day and Departure
Hard to believe our trip is finally over after 6 months waiting and 3 months training. No big surprise that Shaun's request we have bags...
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Sep 28, 20223 min read
Day 14 And Now We Are 6(3)
Our last free day is spent in Chamonix. Some in the group went hiking the last few miles between our start day and our end day. Some...
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Sep 27, 20224 min read
Day 13 - The Last Hiking Day and The Queen Dies
I can't believe that six months of waiting and three months of training and finally the trip is almost over. It went by so quickly. From...
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Sep 26, 20222 min read
Day 12 - The Hardest Day
From our itinerary: Over Col de Tricot to the Chamonix Valley; overnight at Les Houches. Today is a challenging day with plenty of ups...
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Sep 25, 20222 min read
Day 11 - Second Rest Day and The Long Walk
From our itinerary: A well-earned rest day. There are many options to fill your day including taking the cog railway to Le Nid d’aigle –...
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Sep 24, 20223 min read
Day 10 - Another Roman Road
Today's itinerary: Descend to Col de la Croix du Bonhomme, then contour across to the Col du Bonhomme. We have now reached the...
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Sep 23, 20223 min read
Day 9 - The Old Roman Roads
From our itinerary: We cross the Col de la Seigne back to France, descend through la Ville des Glaciers to Les Chapieux. Today we are...
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Sep 22, 20222 min read
Day 8 (September 3) and The Infamous Missing Guide Episode
From our itinerary: Climb to Bonatti refuge and traverse high above the spectacular Ferret Valley around Mont de la Saxe to Courmayeur....
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Sep 21, 20223 min read
Day 7- Rest Day
From our itinerary: The nearby ex-spa towns of Courmayeur and Entrèves have picturesque older sections, which are worth a visit,...
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Sep 20, 20223 min read
Day 6 - Switzerland to Italy and the Great Forgotten Luggage Episode
From the Exodus itinerary: Follow river La Drance; climb to the highest point of the tour at Grand Col Ferret and into Italy. Overnight...
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Sep 19, 20222 min read
Day 5 - Mont Blanc is Lost
The Itinerary from the Exodus Website for Day 5: Head up the Val Ferret to La Fouly. Now on the east side of the main Mont Blanc Massif...
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Sep 18, 20222 min read
Day 4 - From Hostel to Splendide and Following the Bovines
On August 30, 2022 we followed the Bovine Route to Champex. Per the Exodus itinerary: We leave the Col de la Forclaz, where we can look...
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Sep 17, 20223 min read
Day 3 - Over the Col de Balme and into Switzerland!
August 29 and it's time to cross over into our second country, Switzerland where we spend the night in a hostel at the Col de la Forclaz....
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Sep 16, 20223 min read
Day 2 TMB-Lac Blanc and the Grand Balcon Sud from Chamonix to les Frasserands - first hiking day
Itinerary for today: From our hotel (hotel Richemond) in Chamonix we walked to Les Praz and take the cable car to La Flégère (1,860m –...
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Sep 15, 20223 min read
Day 1- The Trek Begins!
The Exodus Itinerary states "In the evening there is an introductory briefing by your leader", but first Lisa and I need to get from...
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Aug 30, 20225 min read
Downtime in Annecy, France before the big trek
Lisa and I spent 3 nights in Annecy, France as a way to acclimatize and have some downtime before heading off to Chamonix to start the...
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Aug 25, 20221 min read
The end of training- thank goodness!
Last 2 days of training and can’t end soon enough- thank god. Monday had great weather and walked up one last time to the chair lift...
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Aug 22, 20222 min read
Training Week 6
Last full week of training and it couldn’t come fast enough. To make the week more interesting, I had to work training around Chris’...
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Aug 14, 20225 min read
Mount Pilatus
This is the closest alp to Lucerne and something I look at every morning. It’s highest peak is Tomlishorn - 7000 feet, next is Esel at...
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Aug 14, 20224 min read
Training Week 5
Time is passing quickly. I’ll be going to meet Lisa in about 2 weeks and I don‘t feel ready for this trek. That said, it was a pretty...
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