GR20 Day 5 — The Forest of Frustration

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The Goat Work

Anthony David Adams & Bowen Dwelle

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Two men, two weeks, two hundred kilometers. Join Anthony David Adams and Bowen Dwelle, two life-long friends and adventure partners, as they set off on Europe’s most difficult and most interesting long distance trekking route — the legendary GR20 — with the goal of answering one burning question: do they posses the “perfect fitness” that the GR20 is considered to require? Each episode debriefs one days progress through the mountains of Corsica with technical details, insights from the trail, surprise guests, emotional over-sharing and bread, more bread and nothing but bread for breakfast.

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GR20 Day 5 — The Forest of Frustration

The Goat Work

1 hour 1 minute 49 seconds

2 years ago

GR20 Day 5 — The Forest of Frustration

May 28, 2022 — Stage 5 — Tighjettu to Ciotullu to Castel de Vergio — 10mi / 1,500'

It was a hard morning walk up to the Ciotullu bivouac at the pass. I was tired and hungry after not much breakfast. We lost the trail for a few minutes and ended up in the “forest of frustration,” with a bunch of the dreaded Pine Processionary Caterpillar https://web.cortland.edu/fitzgerald/PineProcessionary.html

We had a swim after getting off the trail, but there were more of the caterpillars in the stream. I developed a nasty skin irritation a day or so afterwards that was with me for most of the rest of the trip.

We had a nice lunch at the bivouac and then a short nap to a thundershower soundtrack. After lunch we took off down the hill towards Castel de Vergio and found a perfect swimming hole halfway down the descent, ran into team Amazon again on the way and arrived at CdV in time for laundry and a a nice dinner.

Anthony left his tent open and a baby pig stole some of his precious vegan vittles!

It's up to both of us, that's how that works. We decide to get into some sort of mens work group processing. Super fun!

The refuge and hotel at Castel de Vergio is on the main E-W road that crosses the Col du Vergio pass. There is a nice restaurant, rooms, laundry machines, a store, and also deluxe rental tents with beds, which is where we spent the night.

Strava GPS: https://www.strava.com/activities/7219483364