Day 52 San Bernard to Bourg St Pierre

After breakfast with the other pilgrims ( most not walking but travellers) it started off down. At the advice of the others that had walked I took the road for the first few kms as the trail was covered in snowy mush which was really quite slippery. I passed about 6 walkers going up . One I met a a bridge that had a nice place to soak sore feet in the cold water. See the photo of the guy with a red pack. Well when he had just got his feet I the water hi pack fell over and the greenery the other side of the path was covering a steep bank. His pal hurtled down the bank and landed in the gushing torrent at the bottom ( which went into the dam). He without thinking and bare feet nearly killed himself retrieving his pack. I stayed to help what little I could and to call emergency in case he too was swept away or did himself damage as the bank was very steep to get back up. He lost some stuff (including his food) out of his pack and everything else was soaked. I gave him a couple of my muesli bars to see him to the top of the pass which was a long way off. Then I saw what I think were marmots and one hung around for me to get a photo. Still feeling tired from food poisoning my 900m, 14 km descent was enough for today. Toes are sore and quads feeling it.Læs mere