Refuge de Furfande – Col Girardin 17.7.2024 Wednesday → 32,7 km ↑ 2171 m – total 265,4 km Alarm’s at 6:15am again, but I really don’t want to get up today. I feel very tired. It’s 1°C outside with frost on the grass. I stay warm in the sleeping bag as long as I can….
Refuge des Fonts de Cervières – Refuge de Furfande 16.7.2024 Tuesday → 28,6 km ↑ 1682 m – total 232,7 km Alarm’s at 6:15am. I sleep really well tonight. Even though I went to bed at 11pm, getting up feels easy. Breakfast is baguette with eggs and pâté. We haven’t had such a hearty breakfast…
Bivacco Giorno Casalegno – Refuge des Fonts de Cervières 15.7.2024 Monday → 27,2 km ↑ 1449 m – total 204,1 km Alarm is set for 6:30am again. The sun starts to rise slowly over the horizon. It’s English Monday, the day we speak English together, something we started at New Year. Breakfast is bread with…
Camping Chisonetto – Bivacco Giorno Casalegno 14.7.2024 Sunday → 26,9 km ↑ 1897 m – total 176,9 km Since I went to bed pretty late and had some prosecco, I refuse to get up early. I finally wake up around 8am. We have a fairly slow morning, still charging our devices and having a hearty…
Colle delle Vallette – Camping Chisonetto 13.7.2024 Saturday → 34 km ↑ 904 m – total 150 km It was fairly cold overnight. In the morning the thermometer in the tent reads 5°C. Alarm’s at 6:30am, but we really don’t feel like facing that cold. We have breakfast in our sleeping bags, bread with ketchup…
Meana di Susa – Colle delle Vallette 12.7.2024 Friday → 23,1 km ↑ 2068 m – total 116 km Alarm’s at 6:30am, but I only manage to pee and go get water before it starts raining. Jozef says something was going on here in the night. The Swiss guys kept a fire burning until 3am…
Aleccio – Crodo — Susa – Meana di Susa 11.7.2024 Thursday → 9,9 km ↑ 357 m – total 92,9 km We get up at 6:30am to even more beautiful views. I used earplugs for the first time last night, a genuine game changer, I finally got a proper sleep. We pack up the tent…
Bivacco Greppi Emilio – Aleccio 10.7.2024 Wednesday → 24,9 km ↑ 1699 m – total 83 km A light show woke me up in the night. There was a storm somewhere in the distance, and it was lightning up practically every second. In a panic I woke Jozef up. But we couldn’t hear any thunder….
Bivacco Lidesh – Bivacco Greppi Emilio 9.7.2024 Tuesday → 18,8 km ↑ 1551 m – total 58,1 km Today’s a gorgeous day. We don’t have much food left, so we need to head down into the village. It’s 5.6 km, so we tell ourselves this’ll be quick, if only it were a normal trail. Again…
Bivacco Alpe Mottac – Bivacco Lidesh 8.7.2024 Monday → 18 km ↑ 1615 m – total 39,3 km Alarm’s at 7:30am, which we completely ignore. It’s white outside and I’m completely wrecked. But I have to pee, barefoot, since the shoes are still completely wet. I fall back asleep for another hour. Jozef makes breakfast…