I was climbing with Julian and Emily Atkinson this week, the warm weather that was forecast for last week finally arrived as did a few huge thunder storms. We decided to focus on some rock climbing so started with the Via Corde to get us moving and familiarise the troops with the kit on Monday we headed up to the Index and climbed the Perroux route which is superb 7 pitch 5c with a couple of abseils on the descent. The forecast for tuesday was for a storm so we started the day with some skills training at Servoz then headed to Les Duchere at Les Contamines to put them into practice. Wednesday looked good so we went into the high mountains and traversed the Entreve in perfect weather. It was back into the Aiguille Rouge on Thursday for the Chapel de Gliere one of the most classic routes in the Mont Blanc Massif 12 pitches of great climbing in perfect sunshine. The forecast looked stormy on Friday so we had an early start at La Frasse a great limestone crag near Les Carroz. We did some multi pitch routes then Julian and Emily both made there first leads on real rock a perfect way to end the week, we walked away from the crag just as it started to spit with rain.
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