TMB Day 5

Today we hiked to La Fouly, Switzerland. We did a total of 12 miles, 3,214 ascent, 4,277 descent, taking a total of seven and a half hours. This brings are total ascent thus far to 18,832 feet!! Only 14,000 feet of ascent to go. Wowsers! Today took longer than it should’ve because we made not one, but two stops at Refugios.

Let’s play how many desserts can Brian eat in one day:) Our first stop involved both a chocolate cannoli and a chocolate pie (in my defense, Stacy helped with the pie). Our second stop was not my fault, the Refugio bragged about making homemade ice cream from the surrounding Swiss Miss cows. What’s a guy supposed to do.

One thing I noticed is that one of the Refugios was accessible by car, while the one we stayed at last night had all their supplies brought in by helicopter. The quality of the food at the one accessible by car was quite noticeable.

The hike started out gentle for the first 3 miles and was another rainy one. It created a lot of mixed clouds but also a couple of rainbows. Everyone collectively stopped to appreciate it and made me realize something. Nature provides for all, regardless of class or income, no one is shunned and all are evenly provided with its bounty and beauty. Basically, Mother Nature is a socialist.😂 😂.

We then did all the climbing at once. Holy steepness this was a tough one. Once we reached the summit we got fleeting glimpses of the mountain range, which was absolutely stunning, between the passing clouds.

The other day we received a trail name, from Maura the Explorer 😉, as the Colorado 6. I immediately liked it and felt accused 😆. The Colorado 6 claim their innocence, but…

Another magical day. I love this hike, even the difficulty, I love my friends and the countries and landscape we are traversing.Leggi altro