Barry didn't join us as we have now established that heights are not his thing and today's hike included a couple of 'via ferrata', which literally means 'iron path' originating from the metal ladders used by the military in WWI to navigate these mountains. I.e. hiring harnesses and hard hats for a couple of very high narrow sections of track with very large and steep drops either side!
Needless to say, the views were spectacular and Jeremy and I had an epic day. We had great weather too which was remarkable considering there were brewing thunderclouds by the day's end. We got to the car just in time and we drove back to our apartment in torrential rain. Then, whaddayaknow, it all stopped just before we got there! Sweet!
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| Mountain flower |
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| Selfie with mountain |
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| Afternoon tea at Rifugio Scoiattoli - apple strudel and tea! |
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| Another mountain flower |
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| View from our back door this evening (photos are not in order) |
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| View of the mountain pass from the car park before we hit the trails |
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| I thought this might be Eidelweiss, but its not. |
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| More pretty flowers |
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| Jeremy high up on a mountain ridge |
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| About to climb the 'harness and hat required' bit |
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| Jeremy half way up the via ferrara |
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| Me half way up |
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| Another patch of pretty flowers |
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| These were such an intense blue |
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| And another type of flower |
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| So many pretty flowers |
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| Made it! |
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| In between the mountain peaks were lots of meadows with pretty flowers like these |
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| Spot the climber near the top! |
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| A near perfect rainbow when we arrived back at our apartment. |
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