We all went for a 2 ½ hour Alpine walk
today. ‘All’, being our guests, Asbjorn
and Janet Damhus and their child Shanti .
At 7,000 feet, it is usually an easy walk around a lake, but this time
it was challenging! The official summer
season doesn’t open until next week so the alpine path hadn’t been cleared from
winter snow, snow slides, trees, boulders, etc.
We had to cross ice and snow slides no less than 6 times. It was difficult holding our footing on the
ice. Shanti slipped down one of the ice
flows and we all held our breath as we watched her slide on her backside down
the hill. She got to the bottom, picked
herself up, walked around the base of the slide and climbed up the other side,
all smiles, saying ‘That was fun!’
We had a wonderful picnic in an Alpine
meadow… all in all, a fantastic day and
we all felt we had accomplished something.
By the way, Asbjorn used to work for us in Australia as a balloon pilot. He is now teaching physics and mathematics at an international shool in Wales (located in a Hirst Castle).
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