Sunday 7 October 2007

End of Day 1. Refuge Wallon


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Originally uploaded by M.J.S.
About 5 1/2 hours, and you arrive at the Refuge Wallon. Quite an amusing place, with an endless game of chequers and grasshopper photography competitions running among the staff. Food not bad. You'll need some chlorine tablets for the water, though. Arrived as it was getting dusk, with shapes of mountains looming all around - although the drama of the setting wasn't really clear until the next morning.

About 200 metres beyond the Refuge is the camping area, where you can bivvy from 7 pm to 9 am. Suspect that scampering here, with pack in hand instead of back, I slipped and sprained my right knee.

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