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6/18/2020 1 Comment

4000'ER TRAINING WEEK IN WALLIS - DAY 5

And so we come to our final day, and the longest/highest peak to climb. After a short tour planning on Thursday evening at the Britannia Hut and an evening shorter sleep we were underway at 3am With head lamp turned on we set off to our destination, Mt. Strahlhorn 4190m.
All in all we were under way for almost 11hrs, with a 20m small ridge to the peak (in ice crampons) the adrenaline was there! Reaching the peak at 9:45, and a few breather stops we turned around to head back, the frozen snow from the morning turning ever more into soft sinkable and hard going. Luckily we carried the snow shoes exactly for this... it’s all in the planning!
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4000'ER TRAINING WEEK IN WALLIS - DAY 4

Up at 5:30 and out the door at 6 to take on the Mt. Allalinhorn 4027m. Not as high as yesterday's but a touch challenging technically and a longer hike. After we had got to Saas-Fee we found out that no lifts were open to the public! Luckily they did for mountain guides and the guests 👍🏻. The hike was a lot steeper than the Breithorn, the Glacier very intimidating and at the top a 50m 'Grat' (ridge line) to the top... 50cm wide!!
And the view... just look at the pictures!
Once we were half way down then there was the added 1hr walk around to the famous SAC Britanniahütte at 3030m, our base for the night to taken on the Mt. Strahlhorn 4190m tomorrow.
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4000'ER TRAINING WEEK IN WALLIS - DAY 3

Up early and the first lift to Kleiner Matterhorn (cheating with the elevation a bit) but what a day! A group of 6 plus the mountain guide 'Danu', it would be the first 4000m plus peak for four of us. All went smoothly, all of us made it up and down the Breithorn (4164m) and now down the valley a bit then up to Saas-Fee. Tomorrow its up to the Allalinhorn, 4000m + number 2!
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4000'ER TRAINING WEEK IN WALLIS - DAY 2

Day 2, on the Glacier roped up and learning loads. Rope work, understanding glaciers and there crevasses, a bit of ice climbing, breaking your fall down a snow field (head first too!), loads to take in but perfect weather and a great mountain guide!
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4000'ER TRAINING WEEK IN WALLIS - DAY 1

It's started, after the long wait since signing up its finally underway. Day one started with us all introducing ourselves and then on to some knots. Loads of knots, loads of rope work and how we should walk together on the glacier. All extremely interesting with lots of little tips fron our mountain guide Daniel.
I think we have hit the jackpot with the weather this week, but you never know till you are up there.
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