{"id":1561,"date":"2006-09-14T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffjones.com\/2006\/09\/days-11-12-on-gr5.html"},"modified":"2006-09-14T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-14T16:33:00","slug":"days-11-12-on-gr5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=1561","title":{"rendered":"Days 11 &#038; 12 on GR5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"mobile-post\">Today the weather broke and I walked in rain all day to Modane , 17 miles in less than 6 hours with only one stop. The going was easy on the GR5E with only about 500ft or so of climbs all day from Lanslevillard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mobile-post\">  I kept reasonably dry, the Scarpa boots kept my feet really dry (obviously made the right choice, especially since they are George &amp; Jacqui&#8217;s favourites too) The RAB Bergen  jacket &#8216;Dry Inside&#8217; tm. Didnt quite live up to its hype with both arms getting wet and the pocket contents (goodbye FFRP guide) getting soaked.  I wouldnt  count today as extreme either, being   valley and forest walking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mobile-post\">The trip yesterday from Val D&#8217;Is\u00e9re to the highest point on the GR5, Col D&#8217;Is\u00e9ran at 9068ft was excellent (a 3200ft climb)  I took the easy GR5E  route from Bonneval-Sur-Arc  down to Lanslevillard (great for cyclists, Phillip). <\/p>\n<p class=\"mobile-post\">Body holding up well, all blisters gone and only a burning right heel, which a splodge of Nurofen max. Strength gel  (thanks Pennine Way Chris) seems to have worked. Interestingly I can feel my heart working harder once I get over 2500m so maybe the Inca trail is not for me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mobile-post\">Caren no luck yet, although a couple I met a couple of days ago said I wouldnt stand a chance if I continued to roll two walking days into one!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mobile-post\">Peter, pleased the new hip is working well. I remember Middleton well from the Pennine Way 6 months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mobile-post\">Tomorrow its back to the hard core GR5 with a 4500ft climb out of Modane followed by a 2500ft drop to the refuge, no more hotels for a while&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mobile-post\">Think I&#8217;m about half way now. 175 miles  in 11 walking days, so the 22 days on the sign near La Chappele seems feasible.<br \/>Cheers and love<br \/>Geoff<br \/>and for Emily (if you are getting these missives) xxxxxxxxxxx<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the weather broke and I walked in rain all day to Modane , 17 miles in less than 6 hours with only one stop. The going was easy on the GR5E with only about 500ft or so of climbs all day from Lanslevillard. I kept reasonably dry, the Scarpa boots kept my feet really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}