We had Swedish ex-ice hockey pro, Patric Kjellberg, here a couple of weeks ago doing a nine day Alpine Climbing Course with Chamonix Experience guide Octavio Defazio. Patric started his mountaineering career from scratch this week but with a high level of fitness he made fast progress.

He wants to build his mountaineering experience step by step and starting with Chamonix Experience’s Alpine Climbing Course is a good beginning. This course is an ideal base for anyone who wishes to learn skills for future climbing, whether the goal is the great peaks of the Himalayas or mellow glacier treks in the Alps.    (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 18 Jul 2009 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 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