  
Dent du Géant. © Bruce Hooker, Aug 1969 | 
At the old Albert 1er refuge - 34 years on from the previous photo - the wood's still the same colour! © Bruce Hooker, May 2005 |   
Massif de l'Esterel... lots of nice (unclimbed) rock... rhyolite again. © Bruce Hooker, Jul 2007 |   
Topping out on Pepin le Bref... seems a long way down to the trees. Worth a visit. © Bruce Hooker, Jul 2007 |
  
The traverse of Warm Beer and Cold Women, nothing cold about the weather though! © Bruce Hooker, Aug 2007 |   
Looking down to the Lac du Chevril and the Barrage de Tignes. © Bruce Hooker, Jul 2007 |   
Arnaud on the ridge. © Bruce Hooker, Jul 2007 |   
Arnaud leading on the crux. © Bruce Hooker, Jul 2007 |
  
West ridge of the Aiguille du Franchet seen from la Tovière... our next route. © Bruce Hooker, Jul 2007 |   
La Grande Motte (left) and La Grande Casse, N Face. © Bruce Hooker, Jul 2007 |   
L'Aiguille Percée early in the morning above Tignes in the Vanoise. © Bruce Hooker, Jul 2007 |   
From the Col du Midi des Grands looking South to Mont Blanc, in clouds. © Bruce Hooker, May 2005 |
  
Approaching the Col du Midi des Grands, crust well frozen. © Bruce Hooker, May 2005 |   
L'Aiguille du Tour early in the morning, notice Table rock just right of point. © Bruce Hooker, May 2005 |   
Crevasses on the glacier du Tour. © Bruce Hooker, May 2005 |   
The way up to the Albert 1er in Spring, Aiguille du Chardonnet in background. © Bruce Hooker, May 2005 |
  
Me at the old Tour Rouge bivy hut in the Chamonix Aiguilles in summer of 1971 - alas the hut is no more. © Dave Palmer, Aug 1971 |   
The way up to the shoulder of the Rocher Cornafion - Vercors. © Bruce Hooker, Mar 2005 |   
Looking South along the immense Vercors ridge from the Pic St Michel. © Bruce Hooker, Mar 2005 |   
The edge of the Vercors ridge - ski touring. © Bruce Hooker, Mar 2005 |
  
Sun coming up over the Crête des Crocs - Vercors ridge. © Bruce Hooker, Mar 2005 |   
Winter panorama in the Vosges. © Bruce Hooker, Feb 2005 |   
A pleasant day out. © Bruce Hooker, Feb 2005 |   
Shaving cream. © Bruce Hooker, Feb 2005 |