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“Months and months of waiting and training. A long countdown. But finally the time has come.’s It’s of Sunday, September 8: The Tor des Géants starting from the center of Courmayeur (Italy). Heart in throat, aching legs, a thousand doubts and questions. Never mind, thoughts prohibited. You go for a walking trip on the High Track of Valle d’Aosta and 330 km with 24 thousand meters of altitude to climb before the finish of Courmayeur.

So much effort to return to the starting point? Yeah, but you have to do it within 150 hours, otherwise it is not worth. Contingencies of all kinds are around the corner (if you are corners of the trails at high altitude) and get to the bottom is far from obvious. Besides the charm of an ultra trail, even a trail endurance is defined as the Tor des Géants, is this: when you know when you start, but you do not know when, how and if you come. ”

(Read the blog of Giorgio Macchiavello, journalist and trailer on La Stampa)