July 2, 2015

Discovering Chamonix – Part 2

For the second part of this trip to Chamonix, we capitalize on what we learned from the first few days and then add in some simple ice axe/crampon usage and have a great next few days of the trip!  Tuesday 6/30 I wanted to get Rose a guide for a day so that someone with experience could introduce her to […]

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July 1, 2015

Discovering Chamonix – Part 1

​What Is Chamonix? Don’t expect to come to Chamonix and be the cool climber guy/irl. Sure, you’ll be the object of amusement for plenty of tourist gawkers amazed that you just climbed ‘that’, but if you catch the first lift up the Aiguille du Midi in the morning, you’ll see that Alpinism is the norm here. “Did he just say lift? I […]

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