Walkers Haute Route Switzerland (Trient to Orsieres Day 2)

in #travel6 years ago (edited)

Day 2,

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Woke up at around 0800 slightly hungover, but feeling great. My knee hurt slightly when bent, but not when I put pressure on it. I was stubborn and wasnt going to quit so soon. I just took some pain killers put the knee brace on, had some bread for breakfast, and started on the trail. After about 2 hours of walking the pain was no longer an issue, it was awesome, I was able to fully enjoy the sites again.
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There were surprising a lot of people on this trail, and everyone actually says "bonne journée." I actually started learning French from the trail lol.
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The water here taste sooo gooood and its cold. They say you dont need to filter it, but theres livestock everywhere. I used the Sawyer Squeeze Filter and I had no issues with it, it was quick and easy to get water and continue on the trail.
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Just some random pick of the trail.
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This was near the highest point of the trail.
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Well sorta, I kinda hate bugs and this was the only part of the trail where flies constantly fly up to past my ears and up to my face it was kinda annoying. I guess it was the combination of cattle everywhere and the relatively low altitude that flies love.
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The cow bells could be heard for kilometers
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Champex-Lac,
So I didnt really eat anything till I got to here, time is around 1300, and I found a restaurant that made the best near meat lovers pizza and beer in Switzerland for 10 CHF. I may be exaggerating since it was the first time I had pizza there and I may have been starving, the night before I only had a sandwich for dinner. Doesnt matter, at that moment its was sooo delicious lol.
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It was still pretty early so I continued on the trail.
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Not sure what this was, everything was in French, but it was cool.
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Orsieres,
I looked to camp out here but I couldnt find anything close, after looking at the map the next town is Le Chable. The trail looked to be flat and an easy cool down day hike, meaning I wanted to skip it. I ended up taking the train to Le Chable for 7 CHF. I think it was worth it, the people I talked to later on the hike said they didnt like it and would have skipped it if they did it again.
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I couldnt find any campsites in Le Chable, so I ended up staying in a hostel for 39 CHF. It came with a free day unlimited cable rides. It was located under a bar, which was also a plus.
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The problem was that the Hostel was in a Bomb Shelter, and that giant concrete door is held open by a pad lock. This was the off season and I just happen to be the only one in there for the night, probably theres a reason for that. Those 3 holes on the left side are for air circulation, so one way in one way out. Now all of the scary movies I watched were in the back of my mind and I was kinda freaking out but I ended up staying. Of course I paid with a card to leave a paper trail and sent family and friends the info and an Im safe timeline.

Back to my knee, on the train ride to Le Chable, I guess relaxing my knee allows it to swell and the pain slowly started to come back. So the pain killers work for the hike but I ended up paying for it at the end of the day. I was limping my way around town. The pain seems to go away when I keep it active, and it comes back when I relax it.
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Here is the room, it was nice and there was a shower with warm water.
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At around 0200, I woke up with my heart racing, I may have been a little bit paranoid, but as soon as I woke up, I was like "Im alive, Im going for a walk" lol. I took my day pack, which had all my important stuff, and just went walking around the town for about 1 hour and came back. Again, I may have just been paranoid, but when I got back I smelled a hint of cigarette smoke in the common area. I walked around to check if I was still alone, and sorta slept with one eye open.
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