~ Saturday 15th July 2017
The third Frostguiding Mont Blanc week started on a negative note - with poor conditions persisting in the Gouter couloir, it was clearly going to be third time unlucky on Mont Blanc. Of course there is always the "3 Monts" route, but this week marks the 5th anniversary of the death of Roger Payne and 8 other mountaineers on Mont Maudit - a sobering reminder of the dangers of that route.
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Instead we chose to go to the Nadelhorn after "warming up" on a snowy Mont Blanc de Cheilon (at least we climbed 1 Mont Blanc!) This turned out to be a fine plan B, and with a via ferrata day yesterday made for a great week.
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.JPG "Tricky climbing on Mont Blanc de Cheilon with overnight snow.")
.JPG "Looking down the Cheilon normal route")
.JPG "Lenzspitz dawn")
.JPG "Climbing into the sunlight on Nadelhorn (with the Lenzspitz in the background)")
.JPG "Fletschorn, Lagginhorn, Weissmies")
.JPG "Superb positions on the top part of the Nadelhorn ridge")
.JPG "High on the Nadelhorn")
.JPG "Happy team, post Nadelhorn (although Andy looks a bit sad!)")
.JPG "Evolene Via Ferrata")
.JPG "Saillon Via Ferrata")
