More Mont Blanc
Terry arriving at the summit of Mont Blanc
I was working for Mont Blanc Guides for the last three days of my summer season. The clients booked on a 6 day Mont Blanc week with 3 days acclimatisation then have 3 days for the ascent. I met the team in Les Houches on Wed morning, we headed up to the Tete Rousse hut where we had the best dinner I have had there, Tarteflette. We left the hut at 5am on Thursday climbing to the now closed Gouter hut in the dark where we put on more clothes before heading up the Dome du Gouter, we met a couple of teams coming down who had failed to summit due to the cold. By starting later the day was warming as we climbed, by the time we reached the summit at 1330 the wind had dropped and we sat on the summit for 30mins which is the first time I have managed to do that. The descent went steadily putting us back at the Tete Rousse in time for dinner. We finished the week and my guiding season with a gentle walk to the valley on friday morning.