Year of the Monkey

[dropdeadfred]

I've been following this

http://www.redbullxalps.com/

"Dave's had a challenging day," says his supporter. "He hiked up early but had to wait for five hours on the top for the stable conditions to break."
If that wasn't frustrating enough, worse was to come!
"Four athletes caught up with him and top landed on the same peak. They all launched together but the head wind was very strong. They've all landed together in this beautiful valley, but its hard to relaunch with no easy spots... so its back to the hot walking!"

Says Dave: "It was too stable to fly. Now I'm walking as far as my legs will take me, which is about 40km. My feet feel ok. Yesterday I walked 90-100km so my feet are a little sore but no big blisters. My body's ok."