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Author: Laetitia
Before we left for home we cleaned up ...
Today it rained. Today it rained a lot. After festering in the apartment for most of he day we decided to visit the climbing wall in Les Houches.
After spending an age looking through all the guidebooks for a suitable route we came to the last route in Michel Piola's Mont Blanc topo guide...
After a leisurely start we took the lift up to the Aiguille du Midi and made the fearful descent down the ridge to the Col du Midi. Our plan was to acclimatise today in readiness for tomorrow's big adventure...
We woke up to beautiful blue skies, but we knew the weather wouldn't last. The forecast was for rain by early afternoon, so we decided to find a route with a short approach. We chose the "capital of science-friction"...
What a surprise, today it rained...
All the Elliotts decided to get together for Sunday lunch...
After getting up late, as usual, to a glorious sunny Saturday, and the obligatory trip to Snells to buy those really essential items we just can't live without, we left a hot and crowded Chamonix and made our way up to the cool of Vallon de Berard...