Homeless Loafers in the French Alps
Well it’s been a while - we’ve just been so busy enjoying ‘not working’ that we haven’t had much time for updating our site!
We had a good week with John and Leigh, if a little troubled by the weather
I managed my first 4,000m peak, the Allalinhorn, with John, although unfortunately Giles and Leigh were forced to turn back and wait for us to finish as Giles was not well. (Therefore no photos of that one as I was too knackered to carry my camera and have yet to nab some photos from John).
A few days later we regrouped and all managed to get to the summit of Weismeiss, pictures below…
We said goodbye to John and Leigh, and we returned to Chamonix. Unfortunately the next 5 days saw us valley ridden with bad colds and then bad weather We eventually got fed up waiting for the weather to improve, so we found some valley cragging, and ventured out on to the Mer de Glace in the cloud for some ice climbing.
Finally the good weather arrived, and we headed up the Aiguille du Midi, to attempt the Midi-Plan traverse. Awesome views, the route not completed, but one hell of an adventure! Best save the details to be told over a pint some time
Needless to say we’ll be back next year to finish it off…
One week to go, and with the weather set good we’re planning to stay in Chamonix and make the most of it.
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