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Lac Blanc near Chamonix. The first day of our tour around Mont Blanc. My wife insisted to go up there; some hours later, she regretted bitterly as she hobbled down in the dark, no lamp, knees hurting, dead tired. Some days later, though, we finished the 170km loop and it had all blurred into being a funny story.

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what addiction have you kicked? no matter how insignificant you feel it was
  • Coffee ice cream. Could eat litres at a time. Quit over and over, went shopping, came back with more litres.

    Then I realised I was lactose intolerant.

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    What is your motto?
  • Me and my wife’s motto: Vi klarer alt, translated as We can do/endure everything. Usually accompanied by us clinking our wedding rings.

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    Foggy foot [OC]
  • One of the best moments I had when I walked around Mont Blanc was when we came to a col on a foggy day and passed a group of Japanese tourists just as the fog lifted and you could see the fantastic view. They burst out oh and an-ing snd even laughing while they thanked the relieved guide.

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    What's a phrase you hear a lot, but disagree with?
  • “Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well.”

    Most things I do, most of what we all do, we do *well enough *. Ain’t nobody got time for doing every bloody thing to perfection.

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  • The famous jet d’Eau in Geneva doing its best to impersonate a boat mast.

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    The best part of a walk in the French mountainside, the only good part as far as he was concerned: a green spot flat enough to kick his football as high as he could.

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    Foggy foot

    Son found a green spot during a walk in a mountain in France.

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