004日目。今日は驚くほど綺麗でした。今までは、ベルネーゼアルプスを通り抜けるのはOKでしたが、素晴らしいとはほど遠いものでした。今日初めて、天気は良く、空は青く、私の服は乾いていて、私はツヴァイシメンから始まり、グシュタード、シャトーデックスから始めて、雪に覆われた山々の真ん中で、完全に風光明媚なルートを通り抜けました...狭い舗装道路(フム、半世紀前に舗装されたに違いない)が私をここ、レ・ケースに連れて行ってくれるまで。
It’s the end of a valley, with Montreux just on the other side, and with some inhabitants somewhere (else). I wanted to reach Lausanne tonight, but first had cross a last pass, the Col de Jaman. My legs were already tired from doing the yoyo in the mountains, I had only 1:30hrs of daylight, and the icy road up prevented me to do even a hundred meters. So I’m staying here at 1000m, and will try again tomorrow. Hopefully the snow on the path will not force me to U-turn (meaning going down the valley to Bulle).
It was 0 Celsius outside at 7pm and I found a nice little spot to camp by a torrent. Well, on the positive side, it gave me the opportunity to try out my tent and stove (not used till now), the post-by-email plugin, my survival strategy when it’s too cold, and to see a magnificent clear sky, full of stars and outlined by the Milky Way and the shadow of pine trees.
Hope you managed your way through the snow :-). And what is this mysterious survival strategy of yours? If it is not patented, it might be of use to us 🙂 The dreaded Kyoto winter is coming you know (don’t quite compare to 1000m high winter in the Alps, OK :-P).
Unrelatedly, it took me until today to understand the pun in the site name. (oui ca c’est dans la categorie “rien-a-voir et tu t’en fous mais bon…”).
Yes, made it but there was slightly more snow that was usually fall on Kyoto …
Survival technique not patented and not unlogical either: I have only 1 piece of clothing of each type (except socks and underwear, 2), that can be used separately but also combined. The survival technique is just wearing all-at-once. If my packing was right, I can wear everything (but the 2nd pair of socks + underwear) and there’s no conflict of duplicates. I’m not sure it all helps inside the sleeping bag, but for sure hat and gloves do.
This is an incredible journey. I will be checking in regularly, not only for the pictures but to make sure you’re safe. You need to get to South Africa in one piece (a certain someone I know wouldn’t want it any other way)
All the best with your travels.
Lyn
Lyn, I do not think there would any of us to hope/want to happen differently.
Agree… We want to have him back in one piece and healthy! 🙂
Our beloved Chateau d’Oex…I hope you pronounced it correctly 🙂 Happy to hear you’re still safe and having fun. Stunning picture as always.
Love,
B
He he … I’m improving, uttered Chateau d’oeufs only a few times 🙂