I am a Japanese female who came to the U.S. for the research opportunity as a scientist.
In my free time, I go hiking, backpacking, XC skiing. I love to be in the deep wilderness. I write my adventures from all over the world and Introduce the beauty of nature, from a viewpoint of Japanese.
日本出身の女性研究者かつハイカー。
休日はハイキング、バックパッキング、クロスカントリスキーなどで多忙。
日本人の視点から見た世界中の自然の美しさを、読者が旅をしているような感覚で読んで頂ければと思い、このブログを作成。
2019-01-13
Tour du Mont Blanc Day8
Trail Day8 (12 km, +1069m, -990m)(7.5 miles,+3507ft, -3248ft)
日本語は英語の後にあります(Japanese version is after English)
First pass on the trail day8 was Col de Balme, which is a border between Switzerland and France. Human body is amazing and it seems one week is enough to get used to a new environment. I felt easier than before on the TMB to climb 3000 feet. Probably a lighter pack helped it as well. I remember that my body got stronger after one week of hike on JMT as well.
Near the Col were green hills with a lot of colorful flowers. It was pretty. It was like I was in the Sound of Music. I also saw many marmots.
One French hiker on the trail said, “Welcome back to France!” It was funny that he seemed happy to back to his country.
There is a lift going to the pass from nearby town and everybody can come to the top by just 150 meters (0.1 mile) walking from the lift station. I saw one old Japanese couple probably in their 70’s. The guy needed a cane to walk and had to stop every few minutes to continue walking. It is impressive they came to see the view all the way there with having to walk with a cane. In that sense, I think that building artificial equipments in the wilderness to make everyone have an opportunity to see great mountains is a good thing. Of course too much human invasion into wilderness disturbs the beauty of nature, though.
I took a 30-munite nap at Day8’s highest point, Aiguillette des Posettes. It was so nice to lay down looking at amazing glaciers. It was truly a luxurious (and free) nap. Day hikers can come this mountain and some of them had dogs. One dog came to me and I pet him. At TMB, I pet many cats and dogs. It was fun.
This day we camped at the Camping Pierre Semard. It is just a yard of a hut. Because we were a little tired of camping food, we got panini from bar and ate at outdoor table. I got chicken panini, Mr.N got ham panini. It was good, but this brought me a trouble.
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