Hiking alone the southern side of Matterhorn - Day 1

Q: What food did you bring?
A: I might do a small video about it, but I basically bring normal food. It's a bit of a myth that it's "too heavy": oats, rice, olive/coconut oil and nuts (lots of them) provide a very balanced diet of protein/carbs/fats that you need at a very good calories/gram ratio, and it also happens to be the cheapest things you buy at the supermarket. To make all this edible I also carry garlic, spices, chilli and broth, and the first day maybe a piece of fruit or two. The combinations are endless and the food delicious (watch Day 2 video to see). I carry with me also energy bars, chocolate (sometimes).... It costs less than 4$/day and it's about the same weight as pre-made hiking foods, but 5x cheaper.

Q: How much do you carry?
A: Complete backpack is about 14kg (30lbs). Without filming equipement (Drone, camera, batteries...) it's about 12-13kg (about 25lbs). Without food, my base weight is around 10kg (22lbs). This includes tent, sleeping stuff, cooking stuff, backpack, clothes...

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Hike (Day 1)

From Les Haudères (Switzerland) to Col Collon (Italian border), climbing from 1400m to 3100m above sea level.

I started in Les Haudères at 1PM, with the goal of reaching the pass before sunset. That meant I had almost no time to rest, as I had underestimated the distance and effort required.

After the town of Arolla, the mountains that I would encounter in the afternoon have been one of the wildest I have ever seen - vast landscapes without vegetation or any human intervention: No antennas, or power lines... almost any signs to mark the path except for a few stone piles.

I ended up sleeping above the altitude where snow is perennial, at the Col Collon (aka "Collon Pass".) The night was so cold my water bottle froze and one of the batteries I forgot to put in the sleeping bag broke down; my guess is it was around -10C.

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