Bad weather saw most of the team head to the Calanque. The Phez and I stuck around. When the skies suddenly cleared we bolted from the apt for a quick run up the Petite Verte. We needed a plan - so by that evening, we were looking over at the north side of the chardonet from the Refuge Albert. Walked over in the dark and summited just after sunrise. We then descended the Forbes Arete thus getting two classic routes for the price of one.
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JEFF PHEASANT ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE REFUGE ALBERT AT THE EAST END OF THE MONT BLANC MASSIF IN THE FRENCH ALPS
LATE EVENING LIGHTING ON PEAKS ABOVE THE REFUGE ALBERT IN THE MONT BLANC MASSIF IN THE FRENCH ALPS
SETTING SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS OVER THE MONT BLANC MASSIF IN THE FRENCH ALPS AS SEEN FROM THE REFUGE ALBERT
SETTING SUN SPLITS THE CLOUDS OVER THE MONT BLANC MASSIF IN THE FRENCH ALPS AS SEEN FROM THE REFUGE ALBERT
JEFF PHEASANT CLIMBING AT SUNRISE NORTH SPUR OF THE AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
JEFF PHEASANT CLIMBING AT SUNRISE ON THE NORTH SPUR OF THE AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
JEFF PHEASANT CLIMBING AT SUNRISE ON THE NORTH SPUR OF THE AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
JEFF PHEASANT STARTING UP THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE N SPUR, AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
JEFF PHEASANT CLIMBING OPEN SLOPES NEAR THE THE OF THE N SPUR, AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
JEFF PHEASANT AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH SPUR, AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
MORNING, ARGENTIERE SIDE OF THE COURTES AND THE DROITE FROM THE AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET, MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRANCE
MORNING, ARGENTIERE SIDE OF THE COURTES AND THE DROITE FROM THE AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET, MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRANCE
JEFF PHEASANT AT THE TOP OF THE NORTH SPUR, AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
JEFF PHEASANT DOWN CLIMBING THE FORBES ARETE ON THE AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
JEFF PHEASANT BELOW THE FORBES ARETE ON THE AIGUILLE DU CHARDONET MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS
MID MORNING VIEW DOWN TO CHAMONIX VALLEY ON THE RETURN FROM THE REFUGE ALBERT MONT BLANC MASSIF, FRENCH ALPS