SOME NOTABLE WALKERS

I find people interesting, and there was plenty of interest on this trip.  Many nationalities on the same path – naturally the Swedes were thin, fit, and coming down as we went up, probably having started at dawn after a bowl of muesli.  The Brits, Poles, French, Indians and Asians, a tranche of Israeli girls, Yanks in the biggest brightest gear, and harassed teachers looking worried and tired.  And us of course:

IMG_0118This guy ran all the way…..why?IMG_0044-HDR(3)These two took their kid up with teddy firmly tied on – reminded us of when we did this with our kids in the Kimberley for up to 2 weeks, lovely time,
IMG_0205And the lady in the middle, just next to the pole, went all the way down the steep hill on her bottom, which impressed me.  Took quite a while though.
this lady went down on her bottomBut the guy who impressed me most, and for obvious reasons I didn’t take a picture of him, was a small chap with a partial right hemiplegia who, dressed in an ordinary coat and trousers and with a stick, hobbled at the same speed as the rest of us along the track.  He didn’t seem to be with anyone, but just went on by himself.  How very much harder it must have been for him than for us.

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