Chamonix and Mount Blanc

When I left Strasbourg I had Chamonix as my next goal. Sandra's aunt and her family lives there so it was a perfect place to make a stop. I rode in beutiful landscapes, saw Tour de France live twice, first time with a cool japanese cyclist. Into Switzerland, over to Martigny where I made a hard mountain pass, Col de la Forclaz. I did this mountain with Martin from Poland. I met him at the foot of the mountain. A cool guy with a old bike but he knew how to cycle with it. I thought I had met my overman in cycling fast, because Martin was cycling good. But later it got to hard, and he stepped of his bicycle while I continued. I understand this because I have several gears to choose from, but Martin's old bicycle haven't.

Glad to have made another goal I cycled in to Chamonix. At the tourist office I found Diddi, Sandra's aunt. The weeks before Chamonix I thought was going around in my head, I was thinking about climbing Mt Blanc. I told Diddi and Pierre about it. They said that if I do it, I have to do it with a guide, otherwise it's to dangerous without experience. One day I saw a Haglofs backpack (a swedish brand). The guy having it was from Finland and his name was Jaakko. We trekked toghether in the Mt Blanc Massif and had fun. Both of us had wanted to climd the big mountain. But it never happened. It was something I decided, not to climb it, and it was a hard decision. I knew that Diddi and Pierre didn't want me to climb it, and I can understand that. But the possibility was with the guide, but a guide? I don't want to be guided up when I can do it myself. So I left Mt Blanc unclimbed, but one day we will meet again, and then I will be prepared.

The night after this decision I couldn's sleep. I layed thinking for a long while about what I should do instead. Cycle to Africa, that is big, Sweden - Africa by bicycle. No, it's not enough, I have to see some of Africa also. Cycle from Sweden to where the sand of Sahara begins, that will be my new goal, I will do it! That's also the words I told Diddi, Pierre, Elodie and Amanda, before I went back on the road again. Elodie said that Sahara is far away, something I new. That was why I wanted to do it.