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Following their vertical imagery project on El Capitan, Yosemite last year, Google Street View have just announced their latest undertaking - an impressive 360 degree virtual tour of Mont Blanc. Collecting the imagery featured a collaboration of world-renowned alpine photographers, skiers, mountaineers, climbers, and runners.

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In reply to UKC News:

Baffling interface

In reply to UKC News:

Is this 'in'?

http://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/treks/mont-bl...

In reply to digby:

Indeed.
All I seemed to be able to do was to go back and forth about 100m away from a hut.

Me no likey.

In reply to UKC News:

Well that's sort of fun in a slightly tedious way...

When did the little kiosk go in near the Tete Rouse hut? What's it for?

And it is sometimes a little challenging to work out which arrow to follow when there is a plethora of choices.

Good grief the level of cables is astonishing, but probably needed as per the Matterhorn Hornli

In reply to UKC News:

Really shocked about the extent of the fixed ropes/cables on what is actually a pretty easy route. When I did it in the early 70's the only protection was a fixed rope across the actual icy part of the Grand Couloir - and that was only really there to stop you falling further if you were hit by a falling rock! If people can't cope on such easy terrain, you have to question whether they should be there at all.

In reply to UKC News:

If anyone can actually explain how the hell this thing is supposed to work, that would be great. All i seem to do is toggle between pictures of people doing things in the hills....?!?

In reply to peebles boy:

on the plus side, some stunning settings captured. The look-anywhere-you-want video of the summit plod is great.

In reply to UKC News:

I can't get it to work either, beyond the video.....
Quite annoying as I'd love to have a look at the Grand Couloir!

In reply to Babika:

Nor me...