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Photo: Looking up the first pitch after the snow arete. © Andy Hewison
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This climb is in 178 logbooks, and on 5 wishlists.

Hidden - Solo rpt - 08/May/13

Hidden - 2013

jack.williams1 - Lead - 20/Sep/12

Turned back and went for a walk around the Valley Blanche to avoid getting tangled up in a big production team filming a documentary.
Mr. K - Lead dnf - 09/Sep/12 with Chris Mullaney

Hidden - AltLd - Sep/12

Ashley Hold - AltLd - Sep/12 with Torquil Bennett

dave josling - Lead - Sep/12

timofy - 2nd - Sep/12

Hidden - Solo O/S - 14/Aug/12

Hidden - Solo O/S - 14/Aug/12

JKBowers - Lead - 10/Aug/12 with David Clej, Antonia Hawker

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 03/Aug/12

Hidden - Aug/12

After descending from Aiguille Du Midi did this before coming back round to do the Cosmiques Arete. Nice straight forward climbing. Had to be quick on the descent to the Col du Midi as there was fresh evidence of Serac fall.
Andy Hewison - 2nd O/S - 29/Jul/12 with Francois Bouvier

Hidden - Lead O/S - 27/Jul/12

Ewan Russell - Lead O/S - 23/Jul/12 with steve(friend of james wilson), james wilson

Lots of serac fall on the descent
climb_this - AltLd O/S - 23/Jul/12 with Steven Broadhurst, Ewan Russell

Superb route in great condition. Some scary serac fall around the col on descent. Not a place to linger.
Tom Hutton - AltLd - 22/Jul/12 with Tom Woodstone

Superb route in great condition. Some scary serac fall around the col on descent. Not a place to linger.
Tom Hutton - AltLd - 22/Jul/12

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 22/Jul/12

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 21/Jul/12

Lead the crux pitch on the third summit
thomaspomfrett - AltLd O/S - 18/Jul/12 with Dan Slome

wendynicholls - 2nd - 18/Jul/12 with Dominic Saul, Richard DuPont

Did after coming of midi plan
Tom Thorne - Solo O/S - 17/Jul/12

Hidden - AltLd - 12/Jul/12

Tom Davy - AltLd O/S - 07/Jul/12

Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Jul/12

Really nice, quick route.
Katherine Ross - 2nd O/S - 03/Jul/12 with Charlie Beard

Nice views, shame about the continuous scrum of people
cbeard - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/12 with Katherine Ross

moving together, only got lost once!
franksnb - Lead O/S - Jul/12 with owen

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Jul/12

Once with Alasdair in the rain! Again a couple of days later with James in moonshine prior to Cosmique Arete.
OwenF - Lead O/S - Jul/12 with James Franklin

Huw Mithan - AltLd - 30/Jun/12 with David Webster

moved together mostly at the front. first peak was icy, second was bare rock gully.
Webster - AltLd O/S - 30/Jun/12

HarryB - AltLd O/S - 29/Jun/12 with Alex Tibbs

abtibbs - AltLd O/S - 29/Jun/12 with Harry Bloxham

Hidden - 26/Jun/12

Luke Davies - 22/Jun/12

Mike Hood - AltLd - 21/Jun/12

Hidden - 18/Jun/12

danfitz - Lead O/S - 18/Jun/12 with Tom Woolgar

frqnt - 2nd - 05/Jun/12

Just the main summit.
Brendan - 05/Jun/12 with Andy

TCarrick - Jun/12

Strachan - Jun/12

Moved together for bulk of route, I led the chimmney. Almost got knocked out at half height due to some twat above kicking off a head sized lump of snow ice. Luckily I saw it coming and it smashed on the back of my helmet, Lucky escape!
sneaks - AltLd O/S - 29/May/12 with janey

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/May/12

usual route up left and round the back, abseil then over to climb the 40m chimney. good conditions
nicjbuk - AltLd - 28/May/12 with BILL BUTTERWORTH, ross nicol esq

Rick Ashton - AltLd - 06/Apr/12 with Bruno Schull

Route in very icy condition, on previous attempts had been snow to summit of 1st point and was a 30-40m ice pitch. Did not have sufficient ice equipment to complete climb - backed off half way up face.
bsavage - Lead dnf - 04/Mar/12 with Jeremy Savage

Nice. Seracs creaked just as we got to them! Run away and down the Valley Blanche.
Fultonius - AltLd - 01/Mar/12 with Ross Barnes

Ross Barnes - AltLd - 01/Mar/12 with Ally

nickcj - 29/Oct/11

danJBA - AltLd O/S - 20/Sep/11 with Nick Valentine

Climbed as preparation for Mont Blanc traverse route.
Jon Sutterby - 2nd β - 06/Sep/11 with Steve Bate

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 06/Sep/11

wookie667 - Lead - 25/Aug/11

guy757 - 23/Aug/11

tomtom89 - 14/Aug/11 with Jack

jac00 - 14/Aug/11 with Tom

The Bad Cough - AltLd O/S - 06/Aug/11 with John Sealey

Kris - Aug/11

Hidden - Aug/11

Hidden - AltLd - Aug/11

Caspar - Lead - 30/Jul/11 with Clay Conlon

Clay C - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/11 with Caspian

Hidden - Solo O/S - 29/Jul/11

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/11

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 25/Jul/11

tlmarjot - AltLd O/S - 25/Jul/11 with Ben Lea

Bradders - 22/Jul/11

Bradders - 14/Jul/11

Ally Baba - Lead - 11/Jul/11 with Greg Boswell

Greg Boswell - Lead - 11/Jul/11 with Ally Swinton

yashvi - Lead O/S - 11/Jul/11 with Jo Wimalasena

aipattison - AltLd O/S - 11/Jul/11 with Josh Waller

mctinkno - AltLd O/S - 10/Jul/11 with Hertha

knicos - Lead O/S - 09/Jul/11

With Andy Perkins and Trudi Smith, starting from Aiguille du Midi and returning via the Cosmiques refuge. Very good route, great views.
mattgrange - 01/Jul/11

Hidden - Lead - Jul/11

followed by Cosmiques solo 49mins.
JonHarvey - AltLd O/S - Jul/11

Hidden - Lead O/S - Jul/11

emmarowe - 2nd - Jul/11 with ed mitchell

JRSB1991 - Lead O/S - Jul/11

gripped01 - Lead - Jul/11 with JSAM, AIT

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/11

tscoobydoo - Lead rpt - 15/Jun/11

A bit scottish ! but awesome fun.
Petarghh - AltLd O/S - 02/Jun/11 with cavemanjack

Jack Loftus - 02/Jun/11 with Pete Hill

KatieG - Jun/11

Missed out the second mixed section as didn't like look of it. Went round the side and up instead.,
tompilgrem - 2011

Worthwhile trip. Fell in crevasse at end...
Ander - 02/Sep/10 with Jimb0

Jimb0 - 02/Sep/10 with Ander

iang74 - 01/Sep/10 with Lee Halley

Hidden - Sep/10

Hidden - Sep/10

Good fun, has a bit of everything on it. Traversed the Valle Blanche to the Helbronner afterwards.
Ian_Whitfield - AltLd O/S - 29/Aug/10 with Peter Heath, Whitty2012

Hidden - 2nd - 25/Aug/10

Hidden - AltLd - 22/Aug/10

Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Aug/10

Hidden - Solo dnf - 19/Aug/10

PeteH - AltLd O/S - 13/Aug/10 with Dave Leonard

DaveLeonard - AltLd - 13/Aug/10 with PeteH

Great little route.
Ken Applegate - Lead - 11/Aug/10 with Hannah Evans

squicky - AltLd O/S - 10/Aug/10

bsavage - Lead - 09/Aug/10

quarryman - 2nd - 03/Aug/10

CWMulcahy - 02/Aug/10

Alex Hallam - Lead - 02/Aug/10 with Chris mulcahy

Nice route, great conditions
Whitty2012 - AltLd - 01/Aug/10 with Ian Whitfield

Jack Doyle - Aug/10 with mishell

Hidden - 27/Jul/10

Messners Yeti - 16/Jul/10 with James Brownhill

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Jul/10

1andrew1 - 2nd - 12/Jul/10 with Drew

jonesieboy - 2nd - Jul/10

poor, did as acclimatization
pawelx - AltLd O/S - Jul/10

MPSBunny - Jul/10 with James

texeltup - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/10

acclimatisation
nicjbuk - AltLd - 21/Jun/10

Great weather thumping headache on the way back to the Aiguille du Midi though
rossn - Lead - Jun/10 with Bill Butterworth, Fred Cochrane, Nick Bryan

kevburr - 2nd O/S - 25/May/10 with Roger Payne

newtonmore - 2010

Souljah - 09/Sep/09 with Shaun

vincentvega - Lead - 09/Sep/09 with jeff, danny robb, kevin k

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 09/Sep/09

Hidden - Lead O/S - Sep/09

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Sep/09

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Sep/09

Daithi had done it a few days ago so he kindly let me lead the rock pitches.
roryifinlay - AltLd - 17/Aug/09 with Daithi O Murachu

Took 1 hour from the midi station to complete the route
Swain16 - Solo O/S - 15/Aug/09 with Will Sim

Bristoldave - Lead - Aug/09 with CarolineH

Krumme - Aug/09

CarolineH - Aug/09 with Dave

missed out ab and traversed round north face instead, doing a couple of traverse ice pitches. lead up crux.
tdudley - AltLd O/S - 29/Jul/09 with Chris Glennie

KatieG - 15/Jul/09

Phil Jennings - AltLd O/S - 11/Jul/09 with Tom Nichols

The Mountain Goat - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/09

bridget143 - AltLd O/S - 02/Jul/09 with Rich and John

Hidden - 2nd - 24/Jun/09

Sam-westcott - 2009

Quick and easy, the gully (4a) is loose though.
Zoomer - AltLd - 29/Aug/08 with J. Cartwright & D McAndrew

Jules 210681 - AltLd - 29/Aug/08 with glenn bloomer

DannyMac - AltLd - 29/Aug/08 with glenn bloomer

andybrown114 - 2nd - 16/Aug/08 with Graham Frost

Nice wee easy route in impressive surroundings, slightly easy than cos arête but longer with approach/decent. Watch out for the seracs hanging of tucals North face, watched some guys descending narrowly avoid getting taken out and it was only a minor fall.
andymoin - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/08 with Warren

Took a donder over these points in a couple of hours, nothing technical but fun all the same.
adw07 - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/08 with Andy Main

nice little afternoon trip from our bivi at the colo. easy but fun with awesome views
Neil Mackenzie - AltLd O/S - 09/Aug/08 with Nick

CGlennie - Aug/08

Fantastic mixed pitch. We going to do the Chere but it was too busy and Billy didn't fancy the other routes on the Pyramid as didn't like the idea of descending the Tacul face.
Misha - AltLd - 19/Jul/08

richard s - 2nd - 15/Jul/08 with Andy Perkins, Oliver Smith

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Jun/08

spbond - AltLd β - 25/Jun/08 with Jim Dutton

Rob84 - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/08 with Sam Strong

SamStrong - 2nd rpt - 25/Jun/08 with Rob Dyer

Hidden - 2nd O/S - 23/Jun/08

Hidden - 14/Jun/08

Tom Stoddart - 20/Sep/07 with Iain Leverett, Tom Slade

spbond - 2nd - 04/Sep/07 with Steve, Dane, Sam Strong

SamStrong - Lead - Sep/07 with Stephen Bond, Steve Windross, Dane Harris

Moved together. Steve and Lois on another rope.
Cardi - 2nd - 11/Aug/07 with Ant F

Martyn - Lead O/S - Aug/07 with Simon Bayliss

existing debt - Jul/07 with Billy

Gustav - AltLd O/S - Jul/07 with James H

Hidden - AltLd - 03/Sep/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/06

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 30/Jul/06

Somerset swede basher - AltLd O/S - 09/Jul/06 with Rich Siddle

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/06

Hidden - AltLd - 27/Jun/06

djking1983 - AltLd O/S - 27/Jun/06

industrialiceman - Lead - 31/Jul/05

Hidden - 12/Sep/04

TobyA - Lead O/S - Sep/00 with Elina

pneame - Aug/75 with Jack Graham

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Style of ascent

Soloed7 of 178 (3.9%)
Lead36 of 178 (20.2%)
Followed23 of 178 (12.9%)
Alt Leads67 of 178 (37.6%)
Unknown45 of 178 (25.3%)

'Climbed'95 of 178 (53.4%)
clean O/S71 of 178 (39.9%)
clean β2 of 178 (1.1%)
clean rpt3 of 178 (1.7%)
dnf4 of 178 (2.2%)
Unknown3 of 178 (1.7%)