Mont Blanc

It is just over 2 years since a group of us from NZ completed the Tour du Mont Blanc. We decided to research it and plan it and do it the NZ way - freedom walking - rather than paying someone else big money to organise it for us. We took 11 days, including 2 rest days en route, and walked all around Mont Blanc, staying mostly in refuges, sometimes in a village or a town, and travelling from France, through Italy and then Switzerland before walking back into France. It was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life, and it stretched me almost to my physical limits. If there was a choice of paths or routes we always took the highest and most scenic (and hardest way) because we wanted to get the most from our experience, and what an experience. We crossed glaciers, climbed over 7 passes, walked through fields of mountain flowers and herds of cows, passed through quaint little villages and enjoyed the most stupendous scenery. It was exhausting and exhilarating.