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Pointe
de Poêle Chaud
Having
already had an introductory look at the Pointe de Poêle
Chaud (1626m) and another in awkward weather,
we now turn to some retrospective views of the cute little peak on a sunny day
in November 1999. 
On
a sunny late afternoon in November 1999, Prof J. J. Pirri charges recklessly up
the Pointe de Poêle Chaud from the direction of Pointe de Fin Château
to the north. 
Dr
Pirri's hiking companion urges moderation and at least some care . . . 
.
. . in vain, as Prof Pirri hurtles upward in a headlong rush for the summit, which
. . . 
predictably
ends badly and takes a while to get sorted out again. 
Had the
hiking companion been a little more alert and got the camera out a few seconds
earlier, viewers could have enjoyed several shots of Dr Pirri still much funnier
than these. 
Time
now, chastened, to resume our upward journey. 
Prof
Pirri trudges much more circumspectly up into the late afternoon sun over the
last part of Pointe de Poële Chaud, November 1999 . . . 
.
. . and, once there, alongside the radio station at the summit, gazes across at
La Dôle. 
Prof.
Pirri leaves Pointe de Poêle Chaud, vowing to come back again soon. 
From
the Carte National de la Suisse, 50,000 scale: 260, St.-Cergue.
The frontier of France to the south and west is marked by +++++++.
Along
the ridgeline looking southwest towards Pointe de Poêle Chaud, February
2000.
Weather
station at the top, 2005
[I learnt later, thanks
to P. Misteli, that this is actually the amateur radio French-Swiss relay station La Glutte]
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