1000m Up

After a tough 8 days setting up, Mary and I went to recee one of our planned guest walks. After reaching the intended lake we added another target destination, then another and finally, being so near the summit, we went for The Col to  get a view the other side. The day was getting seriously warm. As the tracks steepened, the flaura changed and the streams became more tinkly. We sat looking South with the Alps stretching out over countless valleys and ravines. The snow capped peaks looked big in that direction. Behind us we looked back down the valley towards Reberty and to Mont Blanc in the distance. On the way down we crunched through snow, stopping at a higher lake for a swim in the meltwater. We dropped down again and went for a cup of tea. We had done 1km of climbing and then back down again in five and a quarter hours.