Waiting For Evenning

Normally I like to do things in the morning because I wake naturally between 0600-0800. Today was no exception. I could easily have got ready to do the hike, and then do the via ferrata but the thing that really blocked me is the one hour twenty drive from Le Pont to Moléson-Sur-Gruyère and the one hour drive home late at night. I could have been fine with doing both things but I want to be a hundred percent for this evening. I want to have the choice of the easy, or hard option. I also want the drive to be relaxing, not a challenge.

Also of note, one thing I had forgotten about is the logistics of picking people up from two or three different points along the route. I will have to stop in Fourmi, near the metro, and then again at Vevey. Both of these stops might add ten minutes or more to the journey time. If people are punctual then it adds less than five minutes, but if they are not then it could add 15 minutes per stop.

There is plenty of buffer, from the registration continuing until 2030 to the last ride down being at midnight 30.

If I was not driving anyone I might have considered going early to try a bike ride in the region. I enjoyed cycling around the Lac de Bulle a few years ago. It would be nice to do that again.

For the VF I am going to try to be as light as possible. I think that I suffered more on a previous VF because my bag was heavier than it should have been. The lighter I keep things, the less effort I need to make.

And Finally, I still would have liked to go on the hike to meet new people and consolidate friendships that were founded two weeks ago. In two weeks I will get the next opportunity.

I have planned to do this VF at night for years and this evening I turn that desire into a reality. I expect it to be like diving on a wall in a Swiss or French lake. It will be like climbing in the clouds, but surrounded by darkness, rather than grey clouds.