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Stirling Ridge Traverse - Day 2

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Evening Hike

What an interesting day… We decided yesterday night that we would take a big alternate route today, via a waterfall, a stunning lake and a potential 3,000m peak. 

Unfortunately Chris and Lisa have to finish a day earlier than the rest of the group so they set off on the regular GR54 route and we said our goodbyes early at camp. 

It was a steep and stunning climb back into the mountains and we passed by a couple of beautiful waterfalls before reaching alpine, rocky trails. It was about 1,500m of climbing to finally reach our high pass where we dropped our packs and climbed a further 600m up a nearby peak. Pic Turbat would be our first peak above 3,000m in Europe and it was a steep, technical climb! Often using hands to ascend with loose rock and scree everywhere. 

We reached the summit which was unreal, 360 views of the surrounding Alps. A quicker descent was followed by a bit of downtime at Lake Lautier, bright blue and stunning! We descended to a refuge for soda before continuing on into the late afternoon to find camp. Some of the crew skipped the summit push and camped on the other side of our next pass so we are hoping to catch up to them tomorrow.

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Stairs with Caleb

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