When the Alps don’t want to see you
May 14th, 2010
My iPhone was telling me 100% of humidity in the place I wanted to go (Saint Sorlain d’Arves, in the Alps), so obviously I thought that this god damn apple product was wrong and I went there. I was supposed to backpack there for 4 days but it was out of question with this weather. I don’t mind the cold, the snow of the wind, but humidity is not manageable. So, here is 3 pictures from the rainy day, spent almost entirely in my car.
Pas de bol!
La montagne ne se livre pas facilement…
Very true!
Yeah, humidity is tough, especially if you can’t really take a good bath for 4 days.
However, it makes for some dramatic pictures though!
Are insects a problem in the Alps? I hope to be hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains in August, and the black flies will eat you alive without bug repellent.
That’s what I thought when I left, bad weather is not necessary a bad thing since it can produces the most incredible pictures, but humidity (basically rain, 24h a day) is not manageable.
I’m just back from a 3 days trip and no, Insects weren’t a problem, I guess the cold is killing them (30 degrees F at night).
The white mountains look pretty exciting, bring a lot of memory card!