Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy Birthday to Me!

by | Oct 20, 2014 | Hiking

Tour de Mont Blanc, Part 4 In Part 4, we celebrate my birthday in a spectacular alpine refuge ringed by glaciers, tackle a ladder section over nearly vertical cliff faces, and wrap things up back where we started in Les Houches. Here are my earlier posts on the TMB:...
The Mayor of Grand St. Bernard

The Mayor of Grand St. Bernard

by | Oct 16, 2014 | Hiking

Tour de Mont Blanc, Part 3 In Part 3, Travis and I witness a truly impressive feat of trail endurance, swap stories with the former mayor of Grand St. Bernard, and continue our Ripken-esque streak of red wine consumption. Here are the first three installments of the...
“I Carry Nothing but Cheese”

“I Carry Nothing but Cheese”

by | Oct 4, 2014 | Hiking

Tour de Mont Blanc, Part 2 In Part 2, Travis and I tend to a wayward French flock, interrogate a CERN physicist about the probability of a black hole swallowing the planet, and are charmed by the beauty we find in Courmayeur, Italy. Here are my previous TMB posts:...
Went to a Party and a Hike Broke Out

Went to a Party and a Hike Broke Out

by | Sep 26, 2014 | Hiking

Tour de Mont Blanc, Part 1 My original plan for the TMB was to treat it the same as my first two hikes. I was going to carry my food, filter my water and camp every night. Basically, I would approach the TMB like it was a remote mountain adventure even though there...
Intro to the Tour de Mont Blanc

Intro to the Tour de Mont Blanc

by | Sep 22, 2014 | Hiking

The Tour de Mont Blanc (“TMB”) is one of Europe’s Great Walks. Labelled Grand Randonée (“GR”) 5, the trek traces a circuit around the Mont Blanc massif. On the traditional anti-clockwise (or counter-clockwise for my American readers)...