Lars Moller joined the Chamonix Experience Mont Blanc climbing course 24th to the 29th of August and sent us these fantastic photos afterwards. Thank you Lars!
The course was guided by Dave and the other climbers this week was Elizabeth, Nick and Tracy.
Elizabeth and Lars made it to the summit via the Gouter route and Nick and Tracy decided to climb Pigne d’Arolla in Switzerland instead. Well done all of you!
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photo-blog Martina Palm 24 Nov 2008 No Comments

Chamonix Experience climb Mont Blanc course the 17th to the 22nd of August was guided by Dave and JP. Climbers were Claire, Mark, Erin, James, Niels, Joachim and Tim. They had a great trip up to the Albert 1er hut and the Aiguille du Tour, for which the weather was nice. Climbing and scrambling on the rocks above the hut and reaching the summit of Aiguille du Tour was great mountaineering training. Unfortunately the weather was a little unstable towards the end of the week and only Joachim and Mark reached the summit of Mont Blanc. Erin, James and Tim decided to climb Mont Blanc du Tacul 4248m instead.

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photo-blog Martina Palm 24 Nov 2008 No Comments

We had 12 people on Chamonix Experience Mont Blanc course the 3rd to the 8th of August. They headed up to the Albert 1er hut for training and acclimatisation.

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photo-blog Martina Palm 15 Aug 2008 No Comments

Les Aiguilles Rouges in the Chamonix valley has a lot of great rock climbing. We set off to do one of the old classic routes, the Chapelle de la Gliere. It is easily graded with most pitches being around 4 and 5 but it has got a real “big mountain feel” to it  (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 14 Aug 2008 No Comments

We had three strong climbers, Sean, Rachel and Richard and two Chamonix Experience guides, Jerome and Julien who all climbed Mont Blanc together on the 15th and 16th of July. The stable weather and the physical strength of the group allowed them to do the summit attempt in a slightly different way than normal. They went all the way from the Tramway at Nid d’Aigle, 2372m, past the Gouter hut and straight up to the summit of Mont Blanc 4807m, in one day to then return to the Gouter hut in the evening for a good sleep.

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photo-blog Martina Palm 30 Jul 2008 No Comments

 As the Chamonix Experience office was quiet last week we thought we should take the opportunity to benefit from the nice weather and have a staff outing in the mountains. Martina, Elizabeth and Anne headed up to the Albert 1er refuge for the night to climb the Aiguille du Tour. (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 29 Jul 2008 No Comments

The Chamonix Experience Alpine Climbing course from the 6th to the 11th of July was led by guide Dave Etherington. Our international group consisted of Steffen from Germany, Hanan from Israel and Esten from Norway. 

One of the days the group climbed the Petite Aiguille Verte on the Grands Montets. This is a great training peak

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photo-blog Martina Palm 29 Jul 2008 No Comments

Chamonix Experience Mont Blanc week that made it nearly to the summit. They had great weather most of the week (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 17 Jul 2008 No Comments

The weather was on our side this week. The first acclimatisation trip up to the Aiguille du Tour gave nice views of the summit. After that we had a glorious day at the Point Lachenal by the Aiguille du Midi, which provides great training ground for alpine climbing.

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photo-blog Martina Palm 06 Jul 2008 No Comments

The start of the Mont Blanc climbing season this year was exceptionally snowy, cold and rainy. Despite that, the group led by Chamonix Experience guide Sebastien pretty much managed to stick to the programme. They walked up to the Albert 1er refuge in the mist and did a snowy and windy ascent of the Aiguille du Tour. (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 06 Jul 2008 No Comments