We wake to a beautiful day. We are going to take in a small deviation from the normal route to pick up better views. Leaving the hut, skied out onto the glacier. We linked together with rope and then skinned for just over an hour. Great experience as we are putting down the only tracks to be seen.
After a few photos, we start skiing down to Trient village. Unfortunately about 100m in, I managed to mess up a turn and twisted my left knee. Managed to get down to the village, but it became increasingly difficult to turn on the knee. Towards the end I had to side slip to reduce the pain.
Made the decision not to continue as we have some steep sections on Day 4.
It has been a wonderful experience and one which I am determined to finish, one day ....... perhaps next year Mark?
The rest of the party have continued on. Just found out they have finished day 4. Hope to meet up with them in Zermatt on Saturday.
Really sorry to hear about the knee and had been wondering how you would get down. Still hopefully the first 3 days were good enough to whet the appetite....yes I really do wonder about next year but am waiting for our fellow intrepids to declare as well....
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