TR: Mont Blanc du Tacul 2006.05.01
After six days of chaining myself to my desk to catch up on work it was high time to get back on the mountain. I dialed up Idris and Patagonian Thomas and we set off up the Mont Blanch du Tacul for a little morning exercise.
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Idris motoring up. See that huge serac fall right over top of the Grands Mullets normal route up Mont Blanc in the background? Scary stuff out here...
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Good weather... check! High haze becoming thick high clouds later.
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Can you spot the Matterhorn?
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A fine day for a bit of ski mountaineering.
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Aiguille du Midi to 3842m, slight descent and traverse to 3500m, and then straight up to 4171m. 4000m peaks don't come much easier.
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