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| Breakfast table / Notre table du petit dejeuner avant le trek |
Half-way from camp site number 2: The scenery we wanted to see again... Welcome to the Lords of the Rings valley!
Today was an early rise: it was 5:45am when we folded the tent and packed up our gear. And the morning was miserable: wet and windy, just like the night had been, and we hardly got any sleep at all. The tent was shaking violently and drops of water were coming from the roof, making everything we had wet. Still not discouraged by the turn of events, we hooked up with 2 French guys and started the hike. The weather was dreadful, wet, foggy and windy all the way, but, yet again, the sceneries were stunning. I don’t know what it is: despite the dreadful weather conditions, we just can’t hate this hike. Once at the second refuge, we set up the tent in very windy conditions. The tent has been shaking violently, like possessed. This is promising us a rough night again. But we won’t deny it: this trek is testing the limits of our equipment and our psychological strength. But when we are two doing it, we can always be supportive of each other.
Today was an early rise: it was 5:45am when we folded the tent and packed up our gear. And the morning was miserable: wet and windy, just like the night had been, and we hardly got any sleep at all. The tent was shaking violently and drops of water were coming from the roof, making everything we had wet. Still not discouraged by the turn of events, we hooked up with 2 French guys and started the hike. The weather was dreadful, wet, foggy and windy all the way, but, yet again, the sceneries were stunning. I don’t know what it is: despite the dreadful weather conditions, we just can’t hate this hike. Once at the second refuge, we set up the tent in very windy conditions. The tent has been shaking violently, like possessed. This is promising us a rough night again. But we won’t deny it: this trek is testing the limits of our equipment and our psychological strength. But when we are two doing it, we can always be supportive of each other.
Ce matin, le reveil a ete tres matinal: il etait 5h45 du matin quand nous avons plie la tente et remballe nos affaires. Car la matinee etait desastreuse: humide et tres venteuse, tout comme la nuit avait ete, et nous n'avons pas ferme l'oeil de la nuit. La tente n'a pas arrete de bouger dans tous les sens et des gouttes de pluie tombaient sans arret du toit, mouillant tout ce qu'on avait encore de sec. Toujours pas decourages par la tournure des evenements, nous sommes partis avec deux autres francais. Le temps etait excecrable, humide avec du brouillard et du vent tout le long mais, encore une fois, les paysages etaient splendides.
Je ne sais pas ce que c'est, mais malgre le temps apocalyptique, on ne peut pas detester cette randonnee. Une fois au second refuge, nous plantons notre tente avec beaucoup de vent. La tente se met a bouger violemment, comme possedee. La nuit promet d'etre longue encore! Mais on ne va pas le cacher: cette randonnee teste les limites de nos equipements et de notre resistance psychologique. Mais quand on est deux a faire cette randonnee, on peut se soutenir mutuellement.
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| Our camp site, beside the lake |
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