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After breakfast, we put our rucksacks on again for the short walk to our next hotel, the 4 star Monte Rosa…very much an upgrade from our previous hotels and mountain refuges! Although it was only 10 o’clock, the plan was to leave our packs at the hotel, and explore Zermatt until we could check in.... Continue Reading →
We finished! Neither of us had a very good night’s sleep, being in a dormitory in the hut, and with one man snoring all night. Therefore, we were up early. That did mean we got to see an ibex family though, and the tail end of the sunrise over the mountains. After breakfast, packing, paying... Continue Reading →
Plans are complete for our next challenge, hiking the Walkers' Haute Route (WHR) in Switzerland. This trek runs from Chamonix (France) and Mont Blanc (4806 metres) to Zermatt (Switzerland) and The Matterhorn (4478 metres, past most of the other 4000 metre high peaks in the Alps. WHR is a step up from Tour du Mont... Continue Reading →
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