Our penultimate day was drier than the previous day as we crossed back into France. The downpour alleviated the hiking conditions by dropping the temperature to a cool 20C. Our morning was spent zig-zagging up 2500ft, reaching just shy of the Carraye peak, standing at roughly 7000ft. To minimize the gradient, we took an alternate …
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TMB Day 8 : D’Arpette to Auberge Blanc
On this day, we covered over 11 miles and 6000ft+ total elevation change going around the northern face of the Mont Blanc massif. And, by this point of the tour, the winds had changed direction, bringing in foreboding clouds. The previous day, Harry was caught in a rain storm and pelted by hail. Today was …
TMB day 5 : Maison Vieille to Courmayeur
By the 5th day, we were halfway done. We made our way down the ski slopes through the towns of Dolone and Courmayeur to the correct Hotel Funivia in la Palud, a suburb of Courmayeur. Along the way, we stopped for lunch in Courmayeur’s older part of town. Our plan was to have pizza as …
TMB day 3-4 : du Bonhomme to Maison Vielle
On day 3, we went off the road, or more like on the road. After the previous grueling days followed by a steep 3200ft steep descent to Les Chapieux early in the morning, my dad’s knees were just shy of being shot. Our entire tour was in jeopardy. However, we had the human embodiment of …
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