Last weekend Kevin, Mya, some friends, and myself took the train over to Zermatt, Switzerland to hike the Matterhorn Glacier Trail. Our visit coincided with a Matterhorn marathon. Yep you heard me right. Some crazy individuals participated in either a 16K/1100m, 30K/2000m, or 46K/3600m marathon up a mountain, and they paid money for this torture. While the runners warmed-up, we also prepared for our hike by carb-loading on Swiss pastries and hydrating with multiple cappuccinos.
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| Kristi and me waiting for our husbands to bring us breakfast. |
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The Starting Point
Some participants warmed-up by jogging around town. Not exactly what I would want to do before an insane mountain marathon. |
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| Our warm-up |
Warm-up completed, we walked through town on our way to the gondola...
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| Man taking his sheep for a walk. |
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| Such a beautiful village! |
We got off the lift at Schwarzsee to begin our 3 hour hike to Trockener Steg.
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| Our Route: gondola from Zermatt to Schwarzsee, hike from Schwarzsee to Trockener Steg, then gondola ride back to Zermatt. |
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| Mya and me posing at Schwarzee. |
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| Family Photo |
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| Schwarzee Lake & the "Maria zum Schnee" (Lady of the Snow) Chapel |
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| This is just silly. Can't believe how beautiful this country is! |
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| Look at me, I'm hiking. I got my sneaks on and everything. |
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| Pensive Kevin |
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| Pensive David |
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| Pensive Mya |
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| Kevin is psyched to be this close to the Matterhorn. |
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Jenn & Mya
No Mya isn't playing dead; she's rolling in sheep shit. |
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| Looks like a different planet up here. |
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| Alp River |
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| Mya racing ahead of me. |
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| Me huffing and puffing up the trail....the air, it's thin. |
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| Me rock climbing. |
More silliness...
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Trockener Steg
Kevin enjoying one last pensive moment. |
Considering it was my first proper hike, I was pretty wiped out after 3 hours of mainly up-hill walking, but I loved it! To celebrate our accomplishment we took the lift back down to Schwarzsee for some much deserved beers and rösti.
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| Go team! |
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| Best rösti of all time, smothered in cheese and topped with a fried egg. Yes. |
After our extremely satisfying post-hike lunch we took the gondola back down to Zermatt for a well earned post-hike nap.
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Mya not wanting the hike/most amazing day of her life to be over. Don't worry puppy, we're hikers now. We'll be back.
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Exquisite photos as always! Loving the pensive Kevin and pensive Maya shots. They're so... pensive.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think it's impossible to take a bad picture of Swiss scenery. Kev and Mya always love to ponder life's greatest mysteries while staring into the Alps.
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