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Day 1 - We started the week with a training day on the Mer de Glace. Montenvers is a very popular viewpoint for tourists and has a couple of fantastic walks that start from here.
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Day 1 - Down some of the ladders that access the Mer de Glace
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Day 1 - You can just see some people at the bottom left of the photo making their way to the area where most people practice their ice skills. The glacier is the Mer de Glace
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Day 1 - We started the week with a training day on the Mer de Glace
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On the way up to the Albert Premiere hut.
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We had a pre dawn start for our climb up the Aig du Tour. Mt.Blanc is in the background getting the first sun of the day.
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Climbing up over the col du Midi des Grands on our way to the Aid du tour.
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No far now.
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Climbing up the rocks on the North summit of the Aig du Tour.
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The Aig du Tour north summit on the right and Aig du Tour South summit on the left.
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The following day after our night in the Trient hut we climbed a snow / ice face on the Tete Blanche
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On the top of the Tete Blanche with the Aig du Chardonnet 3824m in the background
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Me posing for the camera
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A fantastic view down the Chamonix valley with Mt.Blanc and the Chamonix aiguilles
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Walking across the valley Blanche to the Cosmiques hut.
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Finally we have arrived at the Cosmiques hut .
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Time for a spot of lunch and the beers soon followed.
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We left the Cosmiques hut at 01.30am and made our attempr on Mt>blanc however we were turned round in 90kmph Winds on Mt. Maudit however we managed an ascent of Mt. Blanc du Tacul 4248m.
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A view up to Aig du du Midi, Mt Blanc du Tacul, Mt. Maudit and the Aid du Goutier from the accomodation in the valley.
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Central Chamonix Paccard, Michel-Gabriel (1757-1827)A Chamonix doctor, who with Jaques Balmat, made the first ascent of Mont Blanc. (Summit reached 6.30 p.m., 8 August 1786)Paccard made 3 attempts on the summit by the Gouter route: in 1775 with Thomas Blaikie, in 1783 with Bourrit and in 1784 with 2 guides.
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Time for refreshments
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