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Swissy-Mountainy France: Chamonix Mont-Blanc

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Chamonix is close to the Swiss and Italian borders and feels like a mix of Switzerland and France. The main draw here is the Mont-Blanc group of summits. We spent a few nights here but the weather only cooperated our last full day. It was glorious with the skies at high altitude almost violet they are so blue; an awe inspiring and forbidding landscape.

Mont Blanc’s true summit is the snow covered round summit at the center. The mountain is shared by France and Italy and there is a gondola to Italy from Aiguille du Midi where this picture was taken
The summit of Aiguille du Midi (Needle of Mid-Day) is the hub of Mont Blanc activity. At 12605 feet it a little over 3000 feet shy of the Mont Blanc summit and is a popular start point for climbers
A climber heading out to the departure ridge
That’s as far as I dare to go in my sneakers
Climbers on the more flat part of the ridge
It was exciting and scary to see people putting their crampons on and heading out on the mountain. The ridge down was icy, steep, and narrow
Chamonix far below us on the Gondola ride
Karen had enough Gondolas so Mom & Raul were my team
Stepping into the void in our ultra-cool slippers

Jose

AKA Alfred

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