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Ski-Alpinism: Aiguille d’Argentière – Glacier du Milieu (Mont Blanc Massif)
No matter how many times I have climbed Aiguille d’Argentière, I keep enjoying it. From Les Grands Montets it’s a short and nice ski touring day, from Argentière it’s a long and good training. Summit of Aiguille d’Argentière (© P. Gatta)
Posted in Alpinism, Ski touring Also tagged Aiguille d'Argentiere, Grands-Montets, Mont Blanc Massif, ski Comments closed
Alpinism: Aiguille du Peigne – Le Maillon Manquant
After have climbed Cache Cache yesterday, Pascal and I went to the SW Face of gendarme rouge of Aiguille du Peigne (3078m) to climb Le Maillon Manquant a 400m route graded ED-, 6b+/A0. I must say that after the amazing pitches of Cache Cache, I was a bit disapointed by Le Maillon Manquant. There are […]
Aiguille du Midi: Rebuffat – Baquet
Many years ago, I climbed the Rébuffat – Baquet route in the South face of Aiguille du Midi in Mont Blanc Massif. Beautiful route but we “got lost” above the 6th pitch and finished by another route… Climbers on the Aiguille du Midi ridge (© P. Gatta)
Aiguille du Midi: Frendo Spur
Yesterday Alex and I climbed the Frendo Spur (Eperon Frendo) in the North Face of Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc Massif. Very nice route but still lot of snow. We broke trail all the way and kept the crampons on the 1200m of route. Frendo Spur, Aiguille du Midi 1200m, D III 5a […]
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Triangle du Tacul : Goulotte Chéré
After a stormy night, Anna and Philippe went to the Triangle du Tacul to climb the super classic Goulotte Chéré in Mont Blanc Massif. Philippe in the Goulotte Chéré (© A. Gatta)
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Les Houches – Mont Blanc winter attempt
On March 13, Philippe left Les Houches (1,000m) at 4:30am, hoping to climb Mont Blanc non-stop and get back down to Les Houches in the evening. The weather was clear, the temperatures not too low but there was a lot a snow and 60km/h wind above 4,000m. Mont Blanc route from Les Houches (© P. […]
Posted in Alpinism, Snowshoes Also tagged aiguille du gouter, dome du gouter, Les houches, mont blanc, mont lachat, refuge du gouter Comments closed
Alpinism: North Face of the Eiger
Tuesday Alex Chabot and I left Nice to Grindelwald in Switzerland with the goal to climb the North Face of Eiger (3970m). This north face, also called the Nordwand in German, is world famous. With 1800 meters of vertical height, it is one of the tallest, steepest and hardest face in the Alps. It is […]
Alpinism: Cime de Fremamorte – Right Gully
Last weekend I went back to the Boréon in the the Valley of Vésubie and climbed the Right Gully in the West face of the Cime Fremamorte (2730 m, 300m, AD+). There are not much snow/ice left, but the conditions in the Gully were okay, with 4 short sections of mixed climbing. Instead of going […]
Video: Best of 2011
Philippe has just finished the Best of 2011 video: 3 minutes 31 seconds of the Kangchenjunga expedition (8586m), Sahara Race, Rock climbing around Nice, Berghaus TV shoot in the Dolomites, Trail running in Calanques, Sweden, Lapland and Mercantour, Alpine ascents in Chamonix Mont Blanc… More videos on Philippe’s YouTube channel. Philippe and Anna on the […]
Posted in Alpinism, Climbing, Expedition, Ski touring, Snowshoes, Trail, Video Also tagged berghaus, Climbing, Expedition, kangchenjunga, mercantour, mont blanc, running, sahara race, sweden, video Comments closed
Ski-Alpinism: NE Face of Les Courtes (Mont Blanc Massif)