From Santa Maria it was another about 400m climb to Alpe Baranca, we suffered a bit for the terrible heat. I walked all the way with my new walking companions Margarete, Andrea and Peter. They met some years ago when walking Munich - Venice (like Friederike and me seven years ago) and decided to walk to GIA together, in pieces). The photo shows a conglomeration of houses shortly before reaching Alpe Baranca.