TMB Hiking: Day 2, Up Up and More Up, Sheep (!) and Dogs that guard them…

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Today was “Stage 3” Les Contamines-MontJoie – Les Chapieux – finishing in Bourg Stain Maurice. You hike the first two, then a crazy taxi ride to the bottom. I was a little (ok a lot) psyched out for today’s climb as it was over 4000 vertical feet up, and another 3500 feet down. In my case about 4,400 feet up – but the entire distance is about 10 miles and I did it in about six hours. I met a guy at the bottom from Buena Vista who has run the Trail 100 in Leadville a couple of times and he did it in about the same time – so I think I’m ok (phew). Of course going up you’re thinking about how much effort at the gym did you really put in… I actually think we’re set and doing well so the gym membership stays!

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TMB Hiking: Arrival and Day 1 We did it…

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Ok, we made the journey to Chamonix yesterday – 60 mins by van. When you get here you are in awe of the glacier that is sitting above the town – the town is very busy with lots and lots of tourists – almost to a point of saying to yourself – please get me out of here. Which we gladly did today on our hike!

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Geneva: Day 1 / Time Zone Changes

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Well we made it without issue – flight from Denver to Frankfurt went relatively quick. I guess it’s all perspective – this year and last year I did two legs that were 16 hours, so a 9 hour flight seems pretty fast – especially when you are able to sleep. We did have a 3 hour layover in Frankfurt, which actually was the right amount of time – other people on the plane saying “I have 60 minutes” – well they should realize international travel has customs, long lines and well 60 minutes is not enough time.

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Next Adventure: Tour De Mont Blanc

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Well we’re leaving Tuesday for our next adventure – a tour around Mont Blanc – hiking – about 100 miles and the book says about 36,000 vertical feet of climbing (yikes). Our hiking starts next Saturday 5-sept, and finishes the following Friday. We are doing a shortened version of the map, but honestly 100 miles is a pretty good distance with all the climbing.

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Old Delhi – a good experience

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Well had the opportunity to go hang out in old Delhi on Sunday – definitely a good experience – closer to the poverty and reality of living in India. Yesterday, today and tomorrow we are in meetings and they have been good ones. Our partner here for legal items is a firm started by the partner’s mother 40 years ago – she is now the equivalent of the Attorney General here – pretty amazing firm – over 70% women as well – and if you know anything about how male dominated India is, then it’s a pretty amazing feat. The cover image for this post is guys who are making this crazy watermelon drink – to loud playing music as well. Very ‘disco’ and entertaining…

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New Delhi India… Imperial Hotel, Taj Mahal…

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Well I now find myself in India for the second time in about 6 months – we now have a team of great people that work for us in Delhi so am here to meet with them. However, does mean I could spend the weekend with our CTO getting time zone adjusted. We left on Wednesday and Tuesday I found myself saying “Don’t get on the plane if they drop the bomb…” which unfortunately not a joke given that we flew pretty close to Iran. I don’t get this entire thing, sure hope smart people are somewhere in the rooms.

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Yo Tokyo, I’m here for 96 Hours

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Yup, Leave Sunday, pretty much lose Monday due to 16 hour time zone change and now I’m in Tokyo and it’s Tuesday (end of the day). I’ve worked out my jetlag stuff pretty well – funny thing is that with it being 16 hours difference you go backwards in the jetlag time adjustment period. Yesterday my watch said -16 hours, this morning it was -7 and now it’s -5.5 vs local time. So even though it’s 5:30 PM, to me it feels like 11:00 pm, so I’m getting adjusted quickly.

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Lisbon, New Hotel, Tradeshow and Outta there.

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Lisbon was a great time – the tradeshow was a bunch of work, but I guess that pays for the fun doesn’t it… Moved hotels out to towards the conference center – hotel was a bit uncomfortable and caters to either tradeshow folks our tour bus goers. The show ended up being a good time with lots of meetings, etc. I ended up giving a presentation and right after bolted to the airport and am now in Casablanca Morocco. My flight back to the states is tomorrow @ 9 a.m. so will be up early and on my way. Others on the team are staying for the weekend or even the week to have some fun.

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Day 2: Lisbon – 22,638 Steps

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Well, probably a shorter post today. I elected to go run up/down/up/down a hill outside this a.m. – good choice as it sort of kicked by a__ a bit, but is good for me. Had a nice breakfast and then Kerry and I went for a great walk through the heart of the city – which is super touristy. Even our guide yesterday pointed out how few people actually live downtown anymore. Found some great food – actually every restaurant has been absolutely amazing. Did another 8 miles of walking today with probably more to go tonight. Sure beats the tradeshow coming up where you end up standing there for hours and hours…

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