Well thats what it feels like when you look down and in the middle of summer you can throw snowballs and need to dress up warm. But we took the easy route up in the cablecar, unlike the groups who came over the Valley Blanche. Now theres a goal. Got to do some of that walking in crampons, using an ice pick. Awesome as the kids would say. 
Which gets me thinking. If we have just spent 2.5 weeks at 1800m or higher, does this count as altitude training? I noticed that I was easily out of breathe after not alot of effort and the experiment with the sealed plastic bottle demonstrated the difference in air pressure very well.
