Day by Day: October 2017

Since I moved to the northern part of Germany I didn't have the chance to go back to the Alps. It's been mostly work and horse training I've been occupied with. However, I miss the mountains a lot and so it was decided that this years summer vacation would be partly spend in Switzerland. Once again I chose the area 'Bergell' just because I already know it a bit. Nuka and I are fairly experienced when it comes to mountaineering and camping, for Tobi it was a totally new experience and he wasn't quite sure what he had signed up for :-).

Maloja

We ended up hiking for four days carrying everything we needed to sleep and eat. Even Nuka had to carry her pack and the way she looked at me in the morning when I put it on she was not too happy about it. However, two seconds later she'd already forgot about it and was happy to run.

Here we spent our first night

Nuka always acts silly as soon as she realizes that we're finished for the day

Our tent was/is super light, but let's say it's...hmm...cozy.

Waiting for Tobi and yes, it already had snow on the ground. What you can't see here is that this route was quite exposed and not easy going.

Keeping up the spirits!

Some hours later we set up camp at the foot of a glacier.

Kitchen

Nuka is a crazy watch-dog.

Trying to figure out our next route. We were a little restricted due to a very dangerous route we didn't want to take. Nuka like always right on top of it.

Yep, she sleeps with us in this super light tent. Thanks for your concern but she always has enough space. There were some complaints from other roomies, however, she was not concerned by that.