chamonix 2010, more photo highlights

Now I’m back at home sitting here feeling rather ill for some inexplicable reason, I have been going back through some of our Alpine photographs, and I’ve decided to post up a few of my favourites that haven’t already been used on the blog. Some of them are mine and some are Patrick’s (he did grant me permission to use them so don’t worry, I have also noted which ones are his in the annotations).

(Disclaimer: should you want to use any of these pictures then please drop me a line, please don’t just copy them. Thanks.)

Enjoy!

The Midi-Plan Traverse:

Just starting the Traverse after the initial descent of the ice arete, we overtook the French pair ahead and didn’t see them for the rest of the day

 Three Germans ahead of us, just heading down into the base of one of the ‘cruxes’ – the exposed gulley

 The Tour Ronde viewed from the Requin hut (Patrick’s photo)

Mont Blanc du Tacul:

Tiny trail of ants heading up Mont Blanc du Tacul or the Three Monts route, viewed from the Midi-Plan

 Mont Blanc du Tacul in the cloud

Posing just before the summit of the Tacul (Patrick’s photo)

Posing just after the summit of the Tacul, Aiguille du Midi in the background (Patrick’s photo)

My favourite photo of the trip, climbers descending from the summit of Mont Blanc du Tacul