レ ケースで立ち往生

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.

View from my forced camp spot in Les Cases