The Tour du Mont Blanc: in the footsteps of shepherds, soldiers, poets and Kilian Jornet
Guided by Mark Brightwell
"And is seeing and hearing not part of the reason we came?" Trip over, Guide Mark Brightwell ponders the experience of his "tribe" of trail runners, contemplating what has changed-- and what hasn't-- over the course of a trail run around Mont Blanc.
On the move around Mont Blanc.
Thanks for the cheese. And milk… and yogurt… and, of course, the ice cream!
One of the unique stops on the Tour, Les Mottets.
A local enjoying some solitude.
Passing by Lac Combal, en route to Courmayeur, Italy.
Passing through the Italian Val Ferret, towards the Swiss border at Grand Col Ferret.
The iconic pink church in the hamlet of Trient, Switzerland.
Guide Mark Brightwell cools down in style, in Chamonix.
Journey accomplished, the tribe takes a rest on the church steps in Chamonix.
Mark offers commendations at our farewell dinner. (With Skyrunning champion and Run the Alps friend, Hillary Gerardi.)