France

17.7.2023 Monday Camp Les Bouleaux – Valjouffrey → 27,65 km ↓ 2100 m ↑ 1998 m Alarm’s later today, at 6:30am. I texted last night that we’d leave at 7am. I was really tired yesterday. We pack up fairly fast and have breakfast, some protein rice porridge for me and Asian instant noodles for Jozef….

16.7.2023 Sunday Cabane du Jas Lacroix – Camp Les Bouleaux → 37,8 km ↑ 2289 m ↓ 2956 m Alarm’s at 5:30am, but we really don’t feel like getting up, so we just lie there. At 6am we start packing, eating breakfast and drinking coffee. We set off at 6:42am. We’re getting better at this….

15.7.2023 Saturday Le Monêtier-les-Bains – Cabane du Jas Lacroix → 32,98 km ↑ 1633 m ↓ 1410 m I wrote the blog until half past 11pm last night, so I don’t get up until seven today. Jozef’s already made coffee and waits for me with breakfast, baguette with cheese. Just as the sun starts peeking…

14.7.2023 Friday Lac Noir – Le Monêtier-les-Bains → 44,37 km ↑ 1507 m ↓ 2329 m We went out to photograph the stars last night. I haven’t seen stars that bright in a long time. There was strong storm far off in the distance. Alarm was set for 5:30, but we don’t get up until…

13.7.2023 Thursday Le Bourg d’Oisans – Lac Noir → 33,95 km ↑ 2792 m ↓ 1083 m Alarm’s at 5:30. I look out of the tent and see low clouds overhead, so we don’t feel like getting out. Jozef makes coffee and breakfast — chocolate oat porridge for me, and a homemade savory rice porridge…

12.7.2023 Wednesday We already arrived in Kraków yesterday, we used a ferry too. We left our car at our friends’ place in the garden, and in the evening we went with them to a Czech restaurant for a beer. Jozef paid by card and by mistake tapped payment in EUR instead of PLN. This one-centimeter…

or Tour de l’Oisans et Écrins This is a 195 km long-distance route through the Dauphiné Alps, around the Écrins massif. It has about 12,800 m of elevation gain. We plan the trip for 8 days. Our backpacks weigh 5.6 kg and 6.1 kg at base weight (no food, no water), which is a good…