day log
TMB Day 1: Les Houches - Les Contamines (15km 300m elevation gain)
A slow, soggy start but a good one. Began the day with the fastest 800m ascent I’ve ever done* and ending it at a campsite next to a river.
TMB Day 2 ended at Les Chapieux, 20km with 1282m elevation gain.
Ate pizza in bed then (very mild) storms battered the tent for the night.
TMB Day 3: Les Chapieux 🇫🇷 - Courmayeur 🇮🇹 25km 1071m elevation gain
TMB Day 4: Courmayeur 🇮🇹 - Arnuova Desot 🇮🇹 21km 1255m elevation gain
Ready for a big day tomorrow.
TMB Day 5: Arnuova Desot 🇮🇹 - La Fouly 🇨🇭 17km 820m elevation gain
Change of plan, we only did 17km so we can camp in La Fouly and make an early start in the morning.
TMB Day 6: La Fouly 🇨🇭 - Forclaz 🇨🇭 34.5km 1397m elevation gain
Day 6 was a long one, but Switzerland did not disappoint. I was so tired by the end of the day I almost passed out in my cheese.
TMB Day 7: Forclaz 🇨🇭- Montroc 🇫🇷 19km 1145m elevation gain
Today was tough. We climbed into the clouds to cross the border back into France before climbing back up to a ridge walk through more clouds before descending through a forest.
TMB Day 8: Montroc 🇫🇷 - Flégère 🇫🇷 10km 1025m elevation gain
Hiked up into the clouds again, this time to climb some ladders in the rain? I did not like this at all something I was totally cool with.
Bivouacing 2000m above sea level, another first for me.
TMB Day 9: Flégerè 🇫🇷 - Les Houches 🇫🇷 21km 875m elevation gain
Up into the clouds for the last time, very happy we didn’t try to add this segment on to the previous day.
A bittersweet day. I’m happy to finish in the time we had planned for but also sad it’s all over.
