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...

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...

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...

From our itinerary: Over Col de Tricot to the Chamonix Valley; overnight at Les Houches. Today is a challenging day with plenty of ups...

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 –...

Today's itinerary: Descend to Col de la Croix du Bonhomme, then contour across to the Col du Bonhomme. We have now reached the...

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...

From our itinerary: Climb to Bonatti refuge and traverse high above the spectacular Ferret Valley around Mont de la Saxe to Courmayeur....

From our itinerary: The nearby ex-spa towns of Courmayeur and Entrèves have picturesque older sections, which are worth a visit,...

From the Exodus itinerary: Follow river La Drance; climb to the highest point of the tour at Grand Col Ferret and into Italy. Overnight...

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...

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...

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....

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 –...

The Exodus Itinerary states "In the evening there is an introductory briefing by your leader", but first Lisa and I need to get from...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...