In the pub tonight ( free beer, it’s my birthday) two friends are backpacking the walkers Haute Route late August. Chamonix to Zermatt. They’re only a few years younger than I, but far far fitter...the archetypal mr and Mrs action man. Super light tarp tent but staying in huts if the weather is poor.
It’s quite a few years since I walked the HR.....the old established, slightly shabby hotel I regularly used in Zermatt is now a trendy boutique place.
Can’t wait to get back to wild camping...Wales Coast Path, sections of the GR5 to name but two. A pal of mine is currently working his way down the coast from Montenegro and is now in Albania via the highest peak in Kosovo. He tells me that Bosnia was a no go area. He’s a real adventurer, travels solo, and should make a film of his travels.
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