Out with the family
I was climbing with Barry and Martin this week on our second attempt on Mont Blanc. The boys had acclimatised themselves so we headed to the Tete Rousse hut on Saturday. We made good time to the Gouter hut but the weather got steadily worse above and by the time we reached the Vallot the wind was too strong to continue and with a bad forecast for the next day we headed back for the valley. On Monday Italy was the place to be so we had a great days climbing at Machaby followed by ice cream in Courmayeur on the way home. We finished their trip with a speed traverse of the Crouchue making it back into the Flegere cable car as the heavens opened.