Friday, March 28
dashing through the snow
with a pack shorts and boots
kids on both sides
parents behing in view
hiking to the lake
for a brisk and freezing swim...
that was last week in the alps (ahhhhhhhhhhhhh). we went to the "Camp of the peaks" where i'd been in '81, '83 and '95. never walked up to the lake in snow though...unfortunately twas frozen over about a foot thick, so no chance for a swim!
but what a great walk, waiting for mum and dad (quite harsh conditions, slippery icy snow, steep hill, bad footwear...) and trying to prevent the kids which we'd borrowed for the day from falling down some crevace. had some lunch at 1500m, camembert and baguette sandwiches, got sunburnt, and headed back down.
they're always looking for staff at the camp, and believe it or not, there's only ONE Christian high altitude mountaineer guide that they know of, and he lives in scotland!! is this a calling??
the reason chistian guides are important for camps (though they use other ones when they need to), is that they can tell the kids about God and the kids (or olds) trust and listen to this guide cause they've just trusted him/her with their lives. + they don't flirt with the girls/boys on camp and are a great example for the kids. so if any of you think that might be you...geat ready for years of training climbing mountains!
with a pack shorts and boots
kids on both sides
parents behing in view
hiking to the lake
for a brisk and freezing swim...
that was last week in the alps (ahhhhhhhhhhhhh). we went to the "Camp of the peaks" where i'd been in '81, '83 and '95. never walked up to the lake in snow though...unfortunately twas frozen over about a foot thick, so no chance for a swim!
but what a great walk, waiting for mum and dad (quite harsh conditions, slippery icy snow, steep hill, bad footwear...) and trying to prevent the kids which we'd borrowed for the day from falling down some crevace. had some lunch at 1500m, camembert and baguette sandwiches, got sunburnt, and headed back down.
they're always looking for staff at the camp, and believe it or not, there's only ONE Christian high altitude mountaineer guide that they know of, and he lives in scotland!! is this a calling??
the reason chistian guides are important for camps (though they use other ones when they need to), is that they can tell the kids about God and the kids (or olds) trust and listen to this guide cause they've just trusted him/her with their lives. + they don't flirt with the girls/boys on camp and are a great example for the kids. so if any of you think that might be you...geat ready for years of training climbing mountains!
