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Chamonix Interlude
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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.
Nothing happening today due to the rain! Doh. Except...
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...
Today we rested...
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...
The plan is to be up in a mountain hut by the time you read this...
After the mega rain yesterday and last night, there was no hope of a big day today. So after breakfast in bed we headed up to the Index for a half day with moderate altitude to get a little acclimatised just in case the weather gets better later in the week...
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"...
... we departed the Bernese Oberland and, incidentally, why Keith and Fiona quit the Bregalia. Fickle weather, to say the least. Texts went back and forth and Chamonix was decided upon ...