- If I had known how difficult today would be I might have planned it differently. After a Jungle Oats start to the day we made steep 400 vertical climb to Loreascharte. Outstanding view of a vast valley below. Only problem being that we had to climb steeply down a loose stone path that damn near killed my legs and which went on forever.
- That was the theme of the day- about 20kms which included 1200m of vertical ascent PLUS 1200m of descent. Even Guy’s boots disintegrated and eventually (believe it or not) he was hiking in my Crocs! We crossed rivers, rock screes and snow in +30c temperatures. At around 16:00 we still had to clear this valley and climb over the mountain with few hundred meters vertical descent on other side.
- Snow crossings a bit hairy due to risk of caverns underneath
- We finally got to the hut after 10 hours. It was a busy place with loads of kids around. Clearly there must be another easy route here.
Unlike last night when we played cards (game called sh..head?), tonight we were all finished and all hit bed after dinner. 
- Suffice to say that I am enormously proud of my grandsons who kept at it till the end without a murmur of complaint!
Wow!! Well done the three of you