5 countries in 2 weeks and Gran Paradiso summit

Managed to go to Portugal, Switzerland, France, Italy, and Malta all in 5 weeks. Climbed Gran Paradiso from the valley and made it to the summit in 3:50. Overall was an easy climb but made tough from the valley to summit push. The mountain is normally climbed over 2-3 days with ppl staying in the huts. We blasted by all the hut dwellers and got a good workout as a result. As always going down was a bummer for me!