As usual Xoom as timer with SPARTACUS APP.
. routine on Blackboard, have music from
ceiling speakers, have ceiling fan, and floor
fan. Add to that water, a headband, a towel. today : Steps at
8"
I thought of a new way to do the jump squats.
instead of doing them "on the spot" I do one stepping
forward, one stepping back. : so my foot on the steps is
always at the same spot (middle length-wise) but I step à
little forwards and a little backwards.. It feels very
different.
SPARTACUS : 1 min each.15 secs rests Do the whole thing 3 times
1
Step-up
L/R
2
Traverses
3
Power Squats
4
TRX Triceps
5
Skaters
6
TRX Push-ups
7
Pneus rapides L/R
8
Jump squats L/R
9
Butt lifts
10
Corners
have car completely packed and leave at 10h00 am
LUNCH at
Albi's new apartement,
AFTERNOON at M's / leave for
airport at 4h00 pm (Merci Manou)
EVENING Week 1 / Day 1 Airplane :
AC 0828
8:55 pm
length of
trip :
7h 05m
Air Canada
Montreal (YUL)
333
Montreal
(Sans escales)
47A / 47C
Numéro de confirmation de la compagnie aérienne AENMVA
BED AT AVION
!
THURSDAY, July
13th 2017 Week 1 / Day 2
arrive at LYON
Weather : Sunny & warm
10:00 am (juil.
13)
AirCanada vol 0828
Lyon (LYS)
Saint Exupery
LUNCH with Gabriel, Garp + Caroline, / auto 2 km /
tramway / walk / resto "Toutes les couleurs" réservé / DÉVIATIONS!
It is SOOO good to
meet-up with Garp again, it's been such a long time! And
meeting Caroline is very special as well. The trip is already a
success for me LOL.
go get car at
Eurocar...Peugeot 208
ROAD TRIP TO TURIN,
Italy
: 5h00 / péages VIA IS NOT THE SAME
AS VIALE, Motorcycles go all over the place and the streets are narrow
FRIDAY, July
14th 2017 Week 1 / Day 3
Weather : Sunny & very
warm, luckily we have air conditionning in the
car
10h00 AM CLUB ALPINISTE
ITALIEN : BUY CAI CARDS
for discount in
Rifugios and Rescue in the mountains. Via Barbaroux 1, la sede amministrativa,
Sliding wooden doors puzzle us. Getting out from the
underground parking is quite an adventure in spiral driving, that Gaby finds
nervewrecking.
Parking the car :
Antico Albergo Sant'Antonio
We leave car for 2 weeks Hotel
owner gives us a ride, then BUS & TRAIN FELTRE TO SAN ANDREA
env.
3h47 mins Christian's uncle :
drives us to train station! but the train is replaced by a bus for the first
part of the trip. Bus: #512 towards Trento-Autostaz Trente 1h43
+
Train:EC 88 towards Munich - Trente-Bressanone
1h03 (départ 9h59 arrivée 11h02) - San Andréa by bus
Jimmic
& friend lunch at San Andréa with us, then we visit Bressanone and eat
Pizza for supper, then and back to San Andréa
BED AT 10h30 PM
SAN ANDRÉA
Réservé
à payer sur
place- Panoramahotel Post Dorrstrasse 32 - Localita St-Andrea, Bressanone,
39042
Tel: 39 04 72 85 00 62
ACCES to AV2 :
http://www.dolomitemountains.com/en/resources/resources_dolomites266.htm
Stilfser / Grappa / Speck / Wood Carving
/ Tris di Canederli
/Polenta /Apfelstrudel
Game meat , such as cervo (deer), daino (fallow deer),
capriolo (roe buck), Camoscio (chamois, or a goat-antelope native
to Europe), and stambecco (ibex, or mountain goat).
Tris of Pasta of Rifugio Averau
SUNDAY, July
16th 2017 Week 1 / Day5 /
DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 1
— 4 h 00 — Cablecar 9 mins
& 3k / +400-0m/ + Mont Télégrafo
Weather : Sunny & warm
Meeting Jimmic
for the first time after knowing him on internet for about 20 years is
quite a treat.
We talked mostly
english because it was the common language with his German friend. I
didn't get enough of listening to his french. LOL
Weather
*For every 1,000
meters you climb, the temperature will drop 6.5°C
Weather in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy Elevation 1,224m (4,016') Latitude 45°52'N
Longitude 007° 36'E
July
29°C / 84.2°F
15°C / 59°F
August
28°C / 82.4°F
15°C / 59°F
With Jimmic & friend
We take the
Cable car for this first day because we don't want to start with
the equivlent of Mt-Washington LOL
From Cable car to Plose
1h30
Mt. Telegrfo 1h15
What a
beautiful place for a swing!
I get a
slight sunburn on my forearms and we will be very careful about
protecting ourselves from the sun for the rest of the trip.
Talk with a
lady from a group of 4 germans doing 4 days.
In the evening go see where we'll start tomorrow.
map TABACCO # 030 - 1
** map # is the TABACCO number of the map and the "-1" is the number
of the 11" x 17" copy I made of that section of the map.
BED AT 10h00 PM
Plose / Citta de Bressanone Réservé is opened daily from 18:30 till 19.30 for
dinner (dinner is what we call supper)
472521333
CAI-CC
MONDAY, July
17th 2017 Week 1 / Day 6
/ DOLOMITES
AV2 - TREK DAY
2
— 6 h 05 —
13k/+610-760m/4h00
Weather : Sunny & 26°C
I
I always said the
Alps are majestic, the Rockies are grandiose.. I agree with the
word that Sharon used for the AV2 Dolomites : DRAMATIC./ Meet Jens N and Dorrit I,
hope we'll stay in touch. / We see Marmottes. There aren't many
animals in the Dolomites. / A group of 4 didn't reserve so they
have to go 30 mins furthur but that refugio is quite quainte. If
there wasn't the other refugio so close they probably could have
slept on an extra mattress somewhere, the refugios "have to"
provide a place to stay. / There are clothes lines at most of
the refugios.
map TABACCO # 030 - 1
& # 030 - 2 & # 07 - 3
BED AT ? 10h30 PM
Genova Réservé
TEL: 0472 670072 or 347
2667694 CAI - CC
TUESDAY, July
18th 2017 Week 1 / Day 7
/ DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 3
— 6 h 30 —
12k/+820-645m/5h00
Weather : Sunny & warm
Start at 8h00 am
ABOVE : Take my
shower at 5h40 am. because there are very few showers. / Some
sections of the trail are difficult to follow.
BELOW : There
is a long up-hill in the sun. The trail zig-zags, but
unfortunately it is only at times in the shadow of the mountain.
ABOVE : The
first Edelweiss that I saw was alone and very small.. but it was the
first I saw in nature.. I took a couple of pictures of it.. but that
wasn't enough.. so I took a selfie of the Edelweiss and me.. And Gaby
took a pic of me taking the selfie LOL
NOTE :
Have wiener schnitzel for supper, and the portion is so large I have
enough for 2 more meals!
map TABACCO # 030 - 2
& # 07 - 3
BED AT 9h30 PM Puez Réservé
/ 795365 or 338 5362580
CAI - CC
WEDNESDAY, July
19th 2017 Week 2 / Day 8
/ DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 4
— 7 h 20 —
9k/+660-550m/5h00
Weather : Sunny & warm
Start at 8h10 am. It's a little frustrating that the "included" breakfasts
are only available at 7h00 am
maybe I'll take some of the maps off the page, they
were mostly for the planning part.
One
long VF at the end of the day. Lots of tourists everywhere.
Gaby
pricks his finger on the metal at the end of a VF.
Have
a fruit salad make me very happy. we don't have enough fruits or
vegetables. / Everything
is expensive. Supplys come by helicopter. / My pack
is heavy, but I'm still smiling. The girls I talk with have packs
weighing 8-9 kg plus water.. Mine is 12 kg + water (total 15 kg)
map TABACCO # 07 - 3
& # 07 - 4
BED AT 9h30 PM
Pisciadu
471836292
CAI - CC
THURSDAY, July
20th 2017
Week 2 / Day 9 /
DOLOMITES AV2 -
TREK DAY 5 — 8 h 45 —
14,5k/+710-1250m/6h30
Weather : Sunny & warm
going down instead of cable-car there was a Rock Fall .. for about
15 secondes.. Rocks as large as a large head were falling with
more small ones about 40 feet in front of me. Just One person (coming
up) was there. He put his (small) pacsac over his head to protect
himself and when we crossed paths and I asked him to give me my
helmet his said "good idea" ,cause the same thing happened last
year at the same place.
Putting the walking poles away is a good idea in VFs. but I found
another way : put them short and up at the elbows.
Strong sunburn on the face, but luckily it doesn't burn.
We don't go to
sleep as early as in backpacking since breakfasts are only at 7h00
am.
map
TABACCO
# 07 - 4
& # 015 -5
BED AT 10h00 PM
Castiglioni / Lago di Fedala Réservé 462 601117 or 0462 601681 info@refugiomarmolada.it CAI - CC
FRIDAY, July
21th 2017
ON
Week 2 / Day 10 /
DOLOMITES AV2 -
TREK DAY 6 — 2 h 00 +
Walkabout on Marmolada —
autobus ~5k/+990-0m/3h
Weather : Sunny & warm:
Everything is closed between 12h30 and 3h30 PM
We were going to take the
bus but changed our plans because the earliest one was at 10AM and taxk 80E
/ we don't go completely to the top of Marmolada because of the clouds
that cover the top section, but it's still nice. I'm tired.
map TABACCO # 015 - 5
BED AT 10h30 PM
Refugio O. Falier Réservé
Malga Ciapala
: very nice room and showers.
SATURDAY, July
22th 2017
Week 2 / Day 11 /
DOLOMITES AV2 -
TREK DAY 7
— 7 h 00 —
~12k/+830-965m/5h30
Weather : when we start out at
6h50 am it's
raining lightly for about the first hour, then later cloudy
and 15°C
Learn to zig-zag in the zig-zags"
Gaby washes his clothes and we dry them with a hair-dryer!/ buy
lip-sil and sausage./ Gaby charges solar battery and is
surprised how well it goes.
map TABACCO # 015 - 6
BED AT 10h30 PM
San Pelegrino - Arnika Hotel Réservé CRAZY
: the supper was INCLUDED, but we were so tired that we forgot! and ate at
the bar. it was good but we'll be laughing at ourselve for a long time!!! CAI
- CC
SUNDAY, July
23th 2017
Week 2 / Day 12
/ DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 8
— 8 h 08 — 13k
/+1346-781m/6h15
(bypass
suggested if bad weather and bad weather it is! )
Weather : Sunny & warm
Above : There are some "assissted" trail sections that are quite
pleasant to follow. Left: Let's
all remember to hydrate..
Notes: we do a detour in the forest because we don't see a sign
on the ski slope.: I say "our next hiking trip will be to Saskatchawan!"
LOL / There are some aided stretches we could do / and do / without
the VF equipement./ a guy who did it 50 years ago is surprised that
I'm 63 :)
map TABACCO # 06 - 6a
& # 022 - 7
planned BED AT 10h30 PM ??
Mulaz Réservé
437599420 CAI - CC
MONDAY, July
24th 2017 Week 2 / Day 13
/ DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 9
— 5 h 00 —
8km/+860-850m/4h15
Weather : Weather : Sunny
in the morning.. and then Rain.. lots of rain. with a short bout of
thunderstrom when we decide to go down to San Marino instead of taking the
alternate route (that was safer than the high road )
the
map was what was planned.. but what we did was different.. started on
a safer route but then, even that was bad because of the rain/thunderstorm,
so we went back down.
ABOVE : The morning was beautiful and it we were "faster" we
would have taken a chance on the high road, but we knew that we
couldn't make it to the next refugio in 4 hours, so we played it safe.
map TABACCO # 022 - 7
& # 022 - 8
BED AT 8h45 PM
Rosetta Réservé
San Martino - Résidences Lasté -with Lara / pizza for supper.
TUESDAY, July
25th 2017 Week 2 / Day 14
/ DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 10
— 8 h 00 — 14k/+820-1770m/6h15
Weather : Sunny & warm
the map
was what was planned.. but what we did was different.. start with a
cable car up from San Martino.at 8h00 AM. to Rosetta and a lunch at
Pradidali. in the afternoon we started out towards Trevisio but we
weren't sure of the route because there was a Via Ferrata that was NOT
on the map. We went up, but the clouds were getting bad. We went back
down.. just in time to be on reletivaly safe but open ground during a
20 mins hail storm.
not fair. some get to be teleported to where they want! ;)
map TABACCO # 022 - 8
planned BED AT 10h30 PM
Treviso Réservé
Pradidali
WEDNESDAY, July
26th 2017 Week 3 / Day 15
/ DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 11
— 7 h 00 —
9k/+700-1200m/4h30
Weather : Sunny & warm
ABOVE :We were told at
Pradidali that yesterday we WERE on the right trail, so again this
morning we go up the Via Ferrata.. that was fun to do again.
BELOW : but the descent after made us realize that we took the right decision in not
continuing yesterday. ( see picture take from tomorrow's trail)
LEFT RED LINE
:At the top
of the RED line is where we come over the top..
NOTE : This is just a
guess of where the trail is.. if you know better, tell me!
LEFT BLACK X : At the black X there is a Bivouac
that sleeps about 12 people and there's a dining table for about 6. It
takes at least a 16 mega pixel camera for it to show up as a pixel..
that gives an idea of the size of the mountain.
map TABACCO # 022 - 8
& # 022 - 9
planned BED AT 10h30 PM
Treviso
Réserved yesterday
THURSDAY, July
27th 2017 Week 3 / Day 16
/ DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 12
— 7 h 00 —
14k/+1060-700m/7h15
Weather : Sunny & warm
RIGHT
:A
BELOW
:I was thinking I
should make an Album of pictures where we are inconspicuous and call
it " Who's There?" or.. "Can you see me?" / But more seriously, notice
how the trail is angled.. Sometimes it's wide, sometimes narrow but offen at
the same steep angle as the mountain, so we always have to concentrate.
NOTE :
The mixture of
Pinacles and ravines is quite "étourdissant" when we turn around too
quickly or too often.
humm, I'll have to
check which map is the right one for today..
map TABACCO # 022 - 9
BED AT 11h30 PM
Boz Réservé
Passo Cerada
Réservé
FRIDAY, July
28th 2017 Week 3 / Day 17
/ DOLOMITES AV2 - TREK DAY 13
Weather : Sunny & warm
SATURDAY, July
29th 2017 Week 3 / Day 18
/ DOLOMITES AV2 -
TREK DAY 14
Weather : Sunny & warm
Malga
Ciapala - souvenirs
map TABACCO # 023 - 10 &
023 - 11e
ROAD TRIP TO
CITTA ROCCA PIETORE : 1h30
planned BED AT 10h30 PM
Casa Al Moro / citta Rocca Pietore,
Italie
SUNDAY, July
30th 2017 Week 3 / Day 19
/
Weather : Sunny & warm
attention.. c'est dimanche!
planned BED AT 10h30 PM
Casa Al Moro / citta Rocca
Pietore
Italie .
MONDAY, July
31th 2017 Week 3 / Day 20
— 5 h 00 — (CINQUE TORRI) (auto 51min)
Weather : Sunny & warm
planned BED AT 10h30 PM
Casa Al Moro / citta Rocca Pietore
Italie
TUESDAY, August
1st 2017 Week 3 / Day 21
— 5 h 00 — Téléfériques
& rando Ski Civetta
The butterfly seems to
like the map that I put dots on to mark where we're going.. good way
to mark the map temporairly.
planned BED AT 10h30 PM
Casa Al Moro / citta Rocca Pietore, Italie
WEDNESDAY, August
2nd 2017 Week 4 / Day 22
Weather : Sunny & warm
CAR TRIP
VERS LA SUISSE : 6h30 (Autoroutes/Péage) ou 10h30 (sans péages)
BED AT 10h30 PM ??? Hotel Restaurant du Crêt
réservé
Route du Grand-St-Bernard 33, Bourg-Saint-Pierre, 1946, Suisse,
866-202-1815
Hôtel à Bourg-Saint-Pierre avec une piscine couverte et un restaurant Wi-Fi gratuit et parking gratuit
THURSDAY, August
3rd 2017 Week 4 / Day 23
Weather : Sunny & warm
This is a protected
nature preserve with a wealth of exceptional flora and fauna. With
care and patience, visitors can observe roe deer, stags and chamois.
ONLY DO ABOUT 1/2 OF
THE TRAIL
UP:Distance: 10.7 km
Vertical metres: +1224 m, -87 m
Total hiking time: 4h15
Then DOWN..
BED AT 10h30 PM ???
Hotel Restaurant du Crêtréservé
FRIDAY, August
4th 2017 Week 4 / Day 24
Weather : Sunny & warm
"tu devrais considerer Arolla dans un day trip,
Nendaz est très touristique, le val d'herens est tres montagne plutot
///
Arolla, les Hauderes, la ssge, ferpecle, des lieux mythiques pour
l'alpinisme suisse ///Pointe de la tza "
But finally we had enough
hiking, and Jerome tells us that the road to Arolla is quite bad. so
St-Bernard is just a nice walk about, and we get to stay with Jerome a
little longer.
BED AT 10h30 PM
CHEZ JEROME, Liddes,
Vallée du Grand St-Bernard, Suisse
SATURDAY, August
5th 2017 Week 4 / Day 25
Weather : Sunny & warm
Three days with
the man we both so love to read. He is as wonderful in person as in
his writings.
I'll keep his
warm smile with such joyful eyes for my memory, since I couldn't quite
get a picture that truly renders its effect.
Competition Tire à l'arc.
Grillades
BED AT 10h30 PM
CHEZ JEROME, Liddes,
Vallée du Grand St-Bernard, Suisse
SUNDAY, August
6th 2017 Week 4 / Day 26
Weather : Sunny & warm
BED AT 10h30 PM
CHEZ JEROME, Liddes,
Vallée du Grand St-Bernard, Suisse
MONDAY, August
7th 2017 Week 4 / Day 27
Weather : Sunny & warm
CAR TRIP
VERS LYON : 3h30 ??
AIRPLANE BACK TO MONTRÉAL
delayed until tomorrow!
afternoon with ECP then supper
and evening with him and his girlfriend Nathalie !
BED AT 10h30 PM
à LYON CHEZ ECP et
Nathalie
TUESDAY, August
8th 2017 Week 4 / Day 28
Weather : Heavy rain just as we
go to bring back the car
Get up at 6h00 am , ECP drives us to his car at his work place for 8h00.
Nice to have time to talk with him during breakfast and car ride.
Check-in luggage
and then Bring rented car back to Airport
Restituez le véhicule sur le parking Europcar situé dans la zone «Location
de voitures» de l’aéroport Route,
D517 E, Zone loueur Aéroport Lyon Saint
Exupéry 69125 Colombier Saugnieu
AIRPLANE BACK TO MONTRÉAL We wait 1h20mins in plane before it takes off,
because it has to change a tire! arrive in Montréal at 2h45 since it
took less time for the flight because of good winds. (says the pilot)
AC 0829
11h40 am
1h45 pm
8h 05m
Air Canada
Lyon (LYS)
Montreal (YUL)
333
Saint Exupery
Montreal
(Sans escales)
47A / 47C
Numéro de confirmation de la compagnie aérienne AENMVA
Manou comes to pick us up.. we eat at Mangiamo's then go to his place
to see ML, A &T before going home
DIET : (-10 lbs) 138
lbs.. the bets are on as to how long I can maintain this weight..
I 
///
Arolla, les Hauderes, la ssge, ferpecle, des lieux mythiques pour
l'alpinisme suisse ///Pointe de la tza "
