Looking out from the viewing platform on the Aiguille du Midi. Amazing that this terrain is lift-accessed (well, tram-accessed) from town. You can go from sipping your coffee to here in 30-40 minutes, which I think made it hard for my mind to come to grips with the scale of the place to start climbing something. Two and a half weeks was really just enough time to simply begin understanding.
From our first walk out onto the Vallee Blanche and climb on the Pyramid du Tacul. Got all the photos imported last night, and the processing/editing/organizing can begin.
Chamonix Day 15 & 16
(today we’re flying home)
Day 14: climbing under the Brévent
Chamonix day 13: taking the gear for walk… But all’s well that ends with good coffee!
Chamonix day 12: Lepidopteres
Day 10, le Clocher du Brévent
A fun steep climb off the Brévent lift
Out the east tunnel on our way to climb the south face on day 5,
Day 7: a hike
Day 8: climbing the aiguille l’Index
Chamonix day 9: Climbing the Mani Puliti on the Gliere
The last one should be day 7 & 8.
Day 5: the south face of the Aiguille du Midi. We barely made it to the last tram in time, and would have a much worse time without some directional help from our friends Gael and Fabien.
Most of the way up the Pyramid du Tacul, our first climb knowing we have to get back in time to get the last tram down.
Chamonix day 3: more rain and a trip up the Aiguille du Midi
Chamonix day 2: rain. and ice-cream.
Chamonix, day 1
1) turns out my French isn’t so good or our waitress didn’t like us
2) jet-lag is not fun
3) I don’t know the way to ask for tap water in a carafe that’s cheaper than bottled water
More tomorrow…
Colorado sunset on Flickr.