Waking up early again, 6am, on the trail at 7am. The first part is long, beautiful valley up to the first pass. It's nice and cold, feels good as usual. Climb about 1500m.
Col de l'Aup Martin is probably the highest on the trail (2757m). Then descend to refuge pre dela Chaumette. Steep so one cannot really run...
I actually had proper lunch and it felt great. Then the afternoon onslaught begun. First pass 1000m ascent, then a bit down, 300m to second pass, then down and another 200m to the last one. All high up in the alpine. Pretty challenging. Last pass was Col de Vallonpierre.
Then 400m down to the refuge and I really needed beer. And they had great one, Alphand. Not sure why but the beer taste so good on this trip.
I had to really force myself down from the refuge. I'm super tired. But I still made another 7k and camp beside the creek again.
Starting to have blisters and that will hurt next days. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be really bad so I'll see what to do, but I'm not super keen to go up the mountains in thunderstorms.
Statistics: 2500m elevation gain, 38km
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