I went
directly from the office to the airport to catch my flight to Geneva and all in
all it was an uneventful trip. My pickup had to delay the departure from the
airport as two of his clients were on a delayed flight. An hour later they
arrived and we were off.
I
arrived at the lodge in Argentiere around 2300 where dinner was ready for me
(for some time – a quick ride in the microwave handled that). And that was it
for the first day.
On the
Saturday I trotted around in the lodge for a while until deciding going down to
the town to have a look around. The planned 1-hour walk suddenly turned into a
5 hour walk through Le Planet to Le Tour, and from there taking a path up
alongside the lifts. Having only planned for a 1 hour walk I had only brought a
little water, no sunscreen and nothing to eat. And the sky was clear and temps
were in the mid-20s. So around 2100m, app. 1000m above Le Tour, I turned around
and went down, had lunch in Le Tour and returned to the lodge.
Met with
my roommate Alex and Gill on my return to the lodge and shortly after Jon
showed up. At around 1830 we were briefed on the following days by our
guide-to-be Didier, had an amazing dinner and packed our bags for the next 2
days in Italy.
The view from app. 1000m above Le Tour with Chamonix in the distance.
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