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Haute Route 2013-Day 3-Champex to La Chable-Easy Day

We enjoyed a nice breakfast at the Hotel du Glacier first thing in the morning, then returned back to the room to finish drying out our laundry. We had direct sunlight on our balcony and it was a bright blue sky day. Our clothes dried out in no time. We got packed up and were …

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Haute Route 2013-Day 2-Trient to Champex du Lac-Goin’ Bovine

Sunsetting behind the Mountains on Lac du Champex

We rose early around 6:30PM to try and beat the possible mad rush for breakfast. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to do that. It was so crazy and stressful at breakfast with so many people in the place. People were also very rude and were almost knocking you over to get to the food. An older …

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Haute Route 2013-Day 1-Chamonix to Trient-The Journey Begins…

We finished packing up bags after a good breakfast. I think I had about 3 croissants with Nutella. As we were packing, I was sifting through the receipts I had laying on the night stand and noticed the ones from Denise’s hiking shoes. I asked her if she wanted them and we noticed that the …

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Haute Route 2013-Geneva to Chamonix

It was a quick two and a half hour flight to Geneva from Stockholm. We quickly made our way through passport control and into the baggage claim. I hunted around for a ATM while we waited for our one checked bag to hopefully come around the conveyor belt. We only check a bag because our …

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Haute Route 2013-A Long Layover in Stockholm

Before I knew it, we were on our way to Newark Airport to begin our journey to Switzerland. I was still dealing with the realization that Ironman was over and now we were on our to begin the trip we had planned back in January of this year(2013). We planned it so far ahead that …

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Ironman Lake Placid 2013 Race Week-Travel Day

Thursday morning the alarm went off around 6am. Actually my Jawbone Up vibrated a little before that to wake me at the optimal wake time giving me adequate time to pry my eyes open for the day. I fired up the Vitamix for my morning smoothie and commenced packing up for the trip. We were …

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Ironman Lake Placid 2013 Race Week-Travel Day

Thursday morning the alarm went off around 6am. Actually my Jawbone Up vibrated a little before that to wake me at the optimal wake time giving me adequate time to pry my eyes open for the day. I fired up the Vitamix for my morning smoothie and commenced packing up for the trip. We were …

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Rev3 Quassy 2013-Pre-Race Day Report

I got up around 7-7:30am on Saturday morning as the sun beamed in the open shades of room #329 of the Comfort Suites. My wife had been stirring for awhile by that time and I eventually acknowledged it. We had a quick breakfast in the room while checking emails, updating our social media and researching …

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6 Ways to Avoid Cultural Misunderstandings When Traveling Abroad – Lifehack

6 Ways to Avoid Cultural Misunderstandings When Traveling Abroad – Lifehack.

Lake Placid Training Camp Day 2-Makin’ Good Time

The alarm clock went off at 6am this morning. I cobbled together some different items for breakfast before meeting up with the group at 7:15am for our morning swim. I had planned on having some granola with hemp milk, but was lacking utensils and a bowl…doh! Instead I funneled the granola down my gullet and …

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