Chamonix – Le Brevent
Last night I decided that I wanted to climb Mont Blanc – thats it in the picture – the highest point, I spoke to a couple of people and tried to assess just how much of a task this would be, general opinion seemed to be that my fitness was fine, and the mountain was not really about fitness but altitude acclimatisation and weather – particularly weather… so… i’m thinking that this could be something worth doing – if for nothing else it gives me an excuse to get out in crampons on the scottish hills this winter – time was when the ranges of snowdonia would have given me enough snow to practise on – but not any more. Mont Blanc 2008 – who’s with me? Its either that or the crazy 160km mountain marathon that starts from Chamonix and goes through Italy and Switzerland via the foothills of Mont Blanc – now that is crazy.
Anyway, i digress – perhaps the best view of the mont blanc range can be seen from le Brevent
Full gallery of Le brevent here