Blown away

More parting, more hiking, yadda, yadda, yadda. I hiked with a group of 4 people, one guy was from florida...it was his first time seeing snow (or a mountain for that matter). When i reached the top, i swiss military helicopter had landed and was idling with its propellers spinning. At this point i should tell you that at the summit it was about 5C. Being an eager photographer...i ran over to the chopper, dropped my napsack on the ground and started taking some pics. A few moments later, the important people who where being escorted around jump on the chopper. The pilot then stuck his hand out the window and started gesturing something to me which i couldn't decipher at first. Then i realized he wanted me to grab my napsack...without much though i listened to the man in uniform and ran over to my bag and stepped on it. He then gave me the thumbs up...and proceeded to speed up the propellers. Ive never been around a helicopter before so i was taken by surprise when the wind hit me. I was about 15m from the helicopter and it almost blew me over...and man was it cold! Quite an experience.


Swiss military chopper