In reply to Dell:
Didn't like it much, very small hills with no atmosphere... lol can't wait to go back!
day 1-valorcine Slabs- solo 4 pitch 5a
day 2-Argentierre slabs-solo 300m 3c
day 3-valocine/ massive steep 5a corner and 6b+ slab with angelo
day 4- (recce-tired after yesterday) hiked from tre-le-champ to lac blanc with anabel,verity, rebecca passing aiguillette d'argentierre looked awesome. Had rack, rope, 2l water, ladders are quite tiring and slow. It rained passing the log cabin near chezery enroute to argentiere, festival ponchos are great.
thur climbed solo at la joux, 4b-3c on slab, + 4c in corner to the right. Went back to campsite and climbed with Lance at Gaillands, 4c-5c-5b HARD!
friday climbed 4c and 4b aiguillette d'rgentierre
and le bleu 5c. mega route with lance, then ran back to argentierre for the train.
Saturday walked to brevent, bivvied at lac du brevent, partner forgot jetboil and tent, fortunately I was in charge of climbing gear.
sunday climbed frison-roche 6a on Brevent- wing suits ripped past every 5 minutes. Ran down the ski piste back to chamonix.
mon- rainy shopping day- bought a 20m 7.9mm half rope and got given a tonne of free gas in campsite
tue-hike to tete rousse , bivi for mont blanc summit, recced the grand couloir and gouter approach route in the light, woken by rock fall at 11pm.
Wed- Left tent pitched at tete Rousse 1am, spent 2 hours lost in the dark continually getting off route on the grand couloir scramble. Deadly! Raced past the Göuter hut parties lined up at 3am, First man up very icy bosses Ridge, Scary as f*ck! Let some parties past to follow. So windy!
Summited Mont Blanc at 0630, Back to tete rousse for 11am and a gentle walk back to chamonix with really sore knees.
Thur- f*cked-bought new trousers after crampons ate mine.
Fri- f*cked - Climbed via corda PD 3c with Mark.
sat Hiked up and Bivvied near Index (Chamonix is pretty spectacular at night from 2200m).
sun-Climbed SE arete on index. Really good. Tried to find traverse du crochues but didn't bring guide book. Ran down to Les tines.
Monday Ran up some routes at les Gaillands with Connor.