{"id":1204,"date":"2025-07-11T19:32:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:20:00","slug":"sheila-brosses-le-dent-de-jaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/?p=1204","title":{"rendered":"Sheila Brosses le Dent De Jaman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s an animal here we can\u2019t, for the life of us, figure out the name of. I think it\u2019s a mountain goat\u2026 maybe an ibex? A steinbock? We\u2019re not sure\u2014or at least the Swiss translation escapes us. Either way, it\u2019s an impressive-looking beast that lives its life on the craggy, rugged slopes of the alpine, surefooted and agile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe\u2014after some observation\u2014that Swiss kids are born with a little DNA from whatever this animal is in their blood. I\u2019ve watched, on more than a few of our hikes now, Sabine and Yvan\u2019s kids run effortlessly up and down steep, loose-graveled slopes with ease. I, on the other hand, have tripped over parking lot lines, and on at least one occasion, narrowly avoided getting my foot caught in an escalator at the train station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kids\u2014and their parents\u2014seem completely fearless when it comes to the outdoors, and appear, at least on the surface, pretty nonchalant in their approach. It should<\/em> have raised an eyebrow when one of the neighbours, Manue, suggested bringing helmets to a \u201chike\u201d we were invited on this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be absolutely fair, Sabine (who I spend a good amount of time teasing and who is probably reading this now, wondering whether this is part of the 80% or the 20% of BS I write) had warned us that maybe this hike would be a little too much for Cedar. Maybe it was her way of actually saying it was too much for me<\/em>\u2014likely me\u2014to tackle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way, we joined the full gang\u2014C\u00e9line, David, and their kids, the Manues and their kids, and Sabine and Yvan with the girls\u2014for a trek up to Le Dent de Jaman, and figured we\u2019d make the call once we arrived whether we\u2019d continue on to the actual \u201ctooth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hike from the parking spot to the base of the tooth was uneventful. Cedar, faithfully wearing his bike helmet, kept up gamely with the kids as they ran uphill. But once we hit the base of the tooth itself, things started to look a little… sketchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, full disclosure\u2014this is all on me. I came to Switzerland ill-prepared for this kind of hiking. In fact, I\u2019m probably a perfect poster child for what not to do<\/em> in Switzerland on a mountain trail. My shoes\u2014Skechers, which are incredibly comfortable and surprisingly durable on flat ground\u2014are about as useful as ice skates on a climb like this. Cedar\u2019s footwear wasn\u2019t much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, about halfway up the tooth and already lagging behind the group, we made the very wise decision to abort the mission and head back to the restaurant. There, from the comfort of a picnic table\u2014Cedar with a syrup, me with a beer\u2014we watched the rest of the crew summit the tooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won\u2019t lie\u2014I was holding my breath as I watched them scramble hand-over-hand up what looked like near-vertical rock. Cedar, who I really<\/em> hope I\u2019m not giving a complex to, was noticeably nervous and very, very happy to see his mom return in one piece, with a big smile on her face from the stunning views at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m proud she did it\u2014but even more relieved we made the wise call to sit this one out. For Cedar and me, that climb will be something to look forward to on a future visit\u2014when we have better shoes, and maybe when Cedar\u2019s dad is a little less nervous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Views along the way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A quick rest <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The view before the hike up Dent de Jaman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I made it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Chevalley’s on top of Dent de Jaman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The whole hiking gang <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sophia, Cedar, & Camille <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Les Avants fountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A well deserved ice cream after the hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dent de Jaman at sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s an animal here we can\u2019t, for the life of us, figure out the name of. I think it\u2019s a mountain goat\u2026 maybe an ibex? A steinbock? We\u2019re not sure\u2014or at least the Swiss translation escapes us. Either way, it\u2019s an impressive-looking beast that lives its life on the craggy, rugged slopes of the alpine, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,15,29,14,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure","category-friends-and-family","category-hiking-again","category-outdoors","category-swiss-places"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/24d3df6c-1b46-4369-a9f2-02ce1cdba692.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1204"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}