Alpinism is very alive.
Nick Bullock reports on some activity around Chamonix this winter by Andy Houseman, Steve Ashworth, Marko Prezelj, Vince Anderson, Steve House, Kenton Cool, Neil McNab, Andy Benson, Pete Benson, Jon Bracey, Twid Turner, Graham Desroy, Jean-Francois Mercier, Rick Marchent, Martial Dumas, Jean-Yves Fredericksen, Jean Francois Reffet, Guy Robertson, Jeremie Ponson, Gerald Durand, and Philip Batoux.
http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=347
Thank you to Andy Houseman and Steve Ashworth for the photographs illustrating this report.