Where’s it gone…?
Series: Chamonix 2007
Laetitia has a cold; Paul + Pete go downhill…
What time is the last train?
A walk on the not so wild side
Laetitia gets the Swiss Army knife out…
La Grande Dalle d’Amone
Plan B
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An Alpine start, we got up extra early this morning to catch the 6.10am lift up to the Aiguille du Midi. Our plan was to climb Chere Gully on the Triangle du Tacul...
We'd planned a day up high today after our little bit of acclimatisation yesterday. But as luck would have it Laetitia has caught a cold...
After waking up to a beautiful morning, late as usual, I was keen to get out after two days cooped up in the apartment...
Today, the weather was as forecasted, fantastic. The clear crisp morning would have been perfect conditions for heroic activities at 4000m, but not for us...
Pete's plan A today seemed to also be plan A for every beginner in the valley. We approached Valorcine and found it heaving with would be climbers. Every route was occupied by young students learning the ropes...
Yes this slab (sorry, wall, Terry) was "Grande" and great fun too. Although I think we got off route a bit at one point finding ourselves in the middle of very blank slab some way above the last protection...
We said we'd get back to Le Chapeau (it was good last time) - and today the poor forecast coupled with our forgetting the guidebook meant we needed a plan B; Chapeu...