Transcript Solo Episode Monte Blanc
[00:00:00] Laurin: Welcome to the Curiously Wise podcast. I'm your host Laurin Wittig. This podcast is all about honoring, sharing and celebrating the natural and experiential wisdom of my guests through curiosity provoking conversations, shared stories and tips we've all gathered along this journey. And from time to time, I'll be sharing my own stories and my own wisdom in solo episodes.
Oh, and we'll be laughing. A lot. I invite you to join in the fun as we uncover the unique wisdom we each carry within us. Ready? Let's get curious.

Hi, and welcome to Curiously Wise. I'm Laurin Wittig, I'm your host today. If you listened to a previous solo episode, you may have heard about the trip that I was going to take to Europe.
The intention was to hike the Tour de Monte Blanc, which is a hundred-ish mile long hike. It's in the Alps and it goes from France into Italy. Then Switzerland and then comes back to France. I talked a little bit about how I was not sure I was completely ready for this trip.
Mentally I was ready. I had already accepted the challenge of such a big trip. Emotionally I knew it was gonna be a bit of a roller coaster. So I wanna share with you the lessons I learned along the way of this adventure. They were not what I expected. And in many ways they were not new lessons, but they were a reinforcement of things that I already have learned, but don't always implement.
We fly to France. Day one comes around for the hike. It's kind of an overcast day as it can be in the mountains, but we're all excited. We've packed and