Alittlebitoutoffocus

Alittlebitoutoffocus

In my post on May 13th I mentioned that some friends and I were planning our annual  walk in Switzerland this year.  So it was that Pete, Liam and Dave came over last week to tackle 4 days of high level walking along part of the Swiss National Route 6.

As you can guess there are a number of Swiss National hiking routes, but we chose no. 6 as it almost passes by our chalet door here in Evolène. (See pic 1).  The plan was to be dropped off by Jude at Bourg St. Pierre, with our rucksacks packed, then hike back towards Evolène, staying in 3 different mountain huts.  The below images show our first day, where we walked about 20k (12.5 miles) with approximately 1,500m (5,000 ft) of ascent, to the Marcel Brunet hut.

With thanks to Pete for the use of some of his pictures. They are the good ones, in focus, of course !   😉

The pink line shows the Swiss National Route 6
Dave, me, Pete and Liam
Me, Liam and Dave
Me, Pete, Dave and Liam
The things you do to make a photo interesting !
The cabane is towards the right

 

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  1. CeeJayKay Avatar
    CeeJayKay

    Oh my word! I would LOVE to do that!!!!

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar
      Alittlebitoutoffocus

      Well, it’s certainly do-able with a little bit of fitness. The cabanes are more like B&B’s with evening meals available and almost always in wonderful locations. You just need to plan how far you’d like to go each day. As you’ll have seen, we passed one cabane to get to the next. We also cheated a bit by cutting the corner on Day 2 but more of that tomorrow… 🙂

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      1. Dave C Avatar
        Dave C

        Of course, day 1 was an “easy” day…..

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        1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar
          Alittlebitoutoffocus

          Peasy… 🙂

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  2. neveradullbling Avatar
    neveradullbling

    There are those gorgeous views! Amazing!! 🙂

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar
      Alittlebitoutoffocus

      Yes, there are some spectacular views to be found – almost everywhere. I’ll be sharing a few more over the next few days. 🙂

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  3. wanderwolf Avatar
    wanderwolf

    I like how you call these beautiful excursions walks. They’d be hikes that put me out of breath… no wonder you’re a marathon runner!

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    1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar
      Alittlebitoutoffocus

      Ha ha ! I’m glad you spotted that! (You’re the first to mention it – in nearly 200 posts). But when does a walk become a hike ? I was probably a runner before I became a ‘serious’ walker (it’s an age thing). 🙂 Back then I used to ask the question “When does a jog become a run ?” E.g. Seb Coe (I’m showing my age there) or any top class athlete, probably jogs faster than I could ever run. (My fastest ever mile was around 5 minutes – so that’s a little slow compared to the sub-4 brigade). These days I know I’m a jogger, but I’d like to think that I was a runner once. 🙂

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      1. wanderwolf Avatar
        wanderwolf

        Hey, someone who runs a sub 4-hour marathon is a runner!! But I know what you mean about these distinctions in classifications. For me, the difference between and walk and hike is altitude. Flat landed, it’s a moment there are hills and mountains involved, I’d call it a hike 🙂

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        1. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar
          Alittlebitoutoffocus

          That’s very kind of you to say so, but 20 years ago I would have said I was jogging! I guess it’s all relative. Certainly I’d say flat = walk, (though the online Cambridge dictionary defines it as “a long walk, especially in the countryside”) but how high would it have to be to become a hike I wonder ? Hmmm… We’ll probably never know! 🙂

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        2. wanderwolf Avatar
          wanderwolf

          Ha ha, okay.
          And yes, it’s all relative 😉

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        3. Alittlebitoutoffocus Avatar
          Alittlebitoutoffocus

          Obviously one of those conundrums that we’ll never resolve – which is probably for the best! 🙂

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