Third week in a row to Refuge Albert Premier. This time to do one of the ice gullies on the north face. Ben wanted to do the Aureille-Feutren because on this face it is the longest and the hardest (TD-…

It was the second time for us, walking to Refuge Albert Premier, after the big dump of snow at the beginning of October. Like a week earlier, we were keen on doing a route on the north face of l’Aiguille…

The Aiguilles Rouges are the perfect spot for easy access summer rock climbing with superb views on the Mont Blanc range. There are two lifts which can get you to most of these routes, the Brevent lift and the Flegere…

This day was one with a lot of friction, which doesn’t mean the rock is particulary rough in this route. An Italian guide below us was more used to his native Bergell granite, which led to a five meter fall…

Refugio Gianetti was crowded with Dutch climbers te last week of Juli with ambitions for some of the Bergell classics. Our budget didn’t allow us to stay at the hut, with a half-board price of 40 euros a night. Instead…

After one day of climbing together earlier this week we were impressed with the good atmosphere climbing together, so Laurent suggested to spend some more time on a route. High on his tick list was the Frendo Spur. At first…

Today we did the Frendo Spur. Good stuff.

We took the Midi lift up with on juli 21th with the intention to climb the Contamine-Grisolle route on Triangle du Tacul (II AD, 350m), a route that was already on my tick list two years ago. We swiftly climbed…

On July 16th we attempted to do the ridge traverse from Aig. du Midi to Aig. du Plan. The recent snow fall would make it a bit harder, so we definately didn’t want to start first and do all deep…

Colin and Tom with whom we climbed the Cosmiques Arete made a short clip of the mixed climbing.