In August 2019, El Presidente and Hock the Historian will lead a trip for Camp Treetops and North Country School alumni. Hiking hut-to-hut around the 15,781' Mont Blanc. This 105 mile trek is perhaps the best in all the Alps. The Tour du Mount Blanc starts in Chamonix, goes over a high pass to Italy into Courmayeur, nips into Switzerland, and finally back to Chamonix, France. We will not run the trail, however the enclosed link to Trail Runner magazine will give you a feel for this amazing adventure.
Afterwards, fully fit and acclimated, the two Fossils will spend a month climbing in Chamonix. We are planning a low budget, dirt bag affair ... sleeping under boulders, camping out in closed for the season ski lift buildings, shacking up in unmanned mountain huts, tenting on the Mer de Glacé, with an occasional bed and shower in the Club Vagabond hostel. Our goal is revisiting some of the classics we did - way back when - in the 1970s when we first met. So, the question is ... any other Fossils going to join us?
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