First things first, ive never done a trip report before so bear with me!
Second things Second... I made it to the top!!
We set out from our holiday cottage in thick fog and enjoyed the 30 minute drive full of anticipation to the visitors center. Parking the car we could not see the mountains just across the river, but decided to go ahead and start, with the hope of the fog clearing. Luckly within 30 mins it had started to clear, making the start of out walk, very beautiful and atmospheric.
It didnt take me very long to be all out of puff, and feeling the strain, and thinking i may have taken on more tha i was capable of. This was actually only the second long length walk i had done. However i perservered up the continuos uphill stone track...(taking pictures along the way!)
By the time that i was around 2 1/2 hours through the walk, we had reached snow and the only part of the path that was not uphill, and i had some major problems. An old hip injury had resurfaced and i was in alot of pain. Pain that was only to get worse as i approached the hardest part of the track. I took some painkillers, but as you will see in the pictures i started to struggle.
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However, determined that i had not come all this was for nothing, i made it to the top, (although i have to say im not quite sure how i made it back down again. By the time i reached the car i was unable to move my right hip, which made the drive back very interesting. here are my pictures from the top. Hope this report has been ok!!