Any long-distance mountain hikers here?

[Vaskez]

Phew! Just got back from the Alps today! Me and some friends completed the walker's Haute Route from Chamonix (France) to Zermatt (Switzerland). Stats: hike time: 11 days, total distance: 170km, total height gain 12km. Highest point c3000m.
Last year I did the Tour de Mont Blanc
anyone else into this kinda self-torturing hobby? [img]smile.gif[/img] I mean it's not easy walking up 45 deg. slopes in 30C for hours on end with 16kg on your back. Although it does get cold above 2500m cos this early in the season the snow is still 2-3m deep in some places! If you don't believe me I have photos to prove it!

Anyone else done either of these two hikes or similar stuff?

[johnny]

No, i love my couch too much. Good to see you made it back in one piece.

[DameonRules]

I do hikes but not for run. i do it cause iam told. i have 75pd oack on my back, my rifle, and i have to wear a flak jacket which should be called a human microwave. it does a great job at stoping bullets but it also traps body heat in. when i pull off my cammie top i can wring it out.

[Legolas]

At your age, Uncle Vaskez? Are you certain you've heard the distance right? Sound can play some nasty tricks on you when you're as high up as the hill behind the home for the elderly [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I myself prefer the selftorturing hobby of riding city bikes up a mountain. They've some very nice slopes in Norway.

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by Legolas: At your age, Uncle Vaskez? Are you certain you've heard the distance right? Sound can play some nasty tricks on you when you're as high up as the hill behind the home for the elderly [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Yes hiking can be quite taxing in your early 20's [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by DameonRules: I do hikes but not for run. i do it cause iam told. i have 75pd oack on my back, my rifle, and i have to wear a flak jacket which should be called a human microwave. it does a great job at stoping bullets but it also traps body heat in. when i pull off my cammie top i can wring it out.

That's quite surprising.... surely they could make it out of a breathable material - after all sweat particles are much smaller than bullets!

[The Hierophant]

Good to hear you made it back in one piece laddie. Now get those pics up on Stealthies or there will be...trouble. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Stormymystic]

didn't even notice you were gone...perhaps you should stay longer next time??? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Sounds like a pretty cool experience Vaskez.

Wouldn't mind trying this or other cool stuff.

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by Stormymystic: didn't even notice you were gone...perhaps you should stay longer next time??? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Don't worry, I will [img]tongue.gif[/img]
You didn't notice I was gone because I didn't announce it and also because my posts are noticed for their presence not for their absence

[ 07-07-2003, 07:16 AM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]