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Irishman in the Middle East
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An old two-carriage train connects the village of Chamonix in the French Alps to a hill station next to the Montenvers glacier. The thirty-minute train journey through the mountains is followed by a short cable car ride that connects the hill station to the glacier at the bottom of the glacial valley, almost. A walk on foot down some 450 steps completes the journey. For the unfit, the walk back up later on can be a struggle.
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Like your choice, Michael. Walking down is really harder on the legs than walking up, although the two together here probably gives a great workout.
janet
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Thanks J. I noticed that the American tourists seemed to struggle more than most!
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Maybe lots of them don’t do that much walking at home. But even when I was in great shape in college, I went down a very long flight of stairs from a youth hostel somewhere in Switzerland and down was much harder on my legs than up. Read later that’s true, so it’s not just my imagination. 🙂
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Amazing! (450 steps, upward? I need a year to train for the climb;)
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