Hi all,
I recently came back from a ski touring trip to Norway. My first taste of alpine mountaineering and though it was terrifying at times, I am a little addicted.
I'm just wondering where to go from here to gain experience. I want to climb Mont Blanc next year and want to be prepared enough to do it without a guide.
I have little navigational skills (I'm terrible...) a bit of scrambling experience that I gained on this trip (scrambling over Besseggen ridge and up the ridge of galdhoppigen's summit in ski boots) but nothing too major. Regular hill walking and summiting the mountains of Snowdonia, and my recent 2 week spree of climbing/skiing various things in Norway are about it really.
I was hoping people could point me in the direction of maybe some courses to take to better my skills that aren't extortionate in price or maybe some community meets or something that I can get involved with from time to time.
Also, I was wondering if Mont Blanc is 'safe' to climb solo? My only friend I had as a mountaineering partner is about to move to Canada, so I'm all alone haha!
Any advice on next steps is welcome, I know I'm rather vague, but it's because I don't really know what my options are. I just wanna climb Mont Blanc and then continue from there.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Jordan Ekland