Just a short note that I am still alive. I've lost lots of energy and the left lower leg is not that good.
We've survived now 3 days of rain and just some hours ago the sun has appeared. The forecast is better, but not really that good.
The clouds stick in the mountains and I am almost at the top ridge of these mountains. So it is a lot of fog. Wet air. Drizzle. Sometimes sun, but windy.
It has so much rained. That water is everywhere.
Wild boars can be seen all the time. And they dig on the trail, they dig the meadows, they dig in the forest... everywhere. That results in lots of mud on the path and lots of water pools. Water comes down everywhere.
I must step into the pools and the shoes are wet all day long. This water is freezing cold too.
For 2 hours I was hiking today in 5 to 20cm of snow. Without any real path. This cost me lots of energy and mind.
I hope I do not get much snow again.
Once, I have seen Etna completely white. This here was tough enough. So I guess I will not do the Etna loop. Still some time to think about it.
But here, you are alone. You meet only pigs. Almost no shelter. Forest all the time. Sometimes tough to navigate. Hard to walk in the mud, especially up and down.
Sleeping in the tarp would be terrible. But there is not much shelter. Until now I have had real luck. I've found a bus stop once, a stable and a simple shelter. It was good protecting against wind and rain. But not for the cold temperature.
And the problem is that you are really wet of you stop. You get cold immediately. The dog also needs a lot time to get dry and shakes all the time. He is dirty too. So it is really the limit and no fun.
I hope weather gets warmer.
2 hiking days have been only 20km. But it was really enough. You get tired in these conditions and if you find shelter you take it. And rest.
Thinking about if it was right to take the shelter so early, I must say yes. There was nothing on the way further close enough.
Just now I've found this noble restaurant and drink a coffee and charge the phone and the watch. There is still nothing further.... And food gets less. There is probably only 1 or 2 small villages before Messina. Let's see how it works out.
At least...I have no water problem....Baca selengkapnya
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