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| Nice view from the hut 2680m |
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| Drew enjoying the view |
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| Something delicious at the hut! and at 3.00 pm after our climb they gave me kisses and almost too many free drinks when they discovered that I just had my birthday! |
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| Tilo, Drew and I just made it to Montenvers for the last train! |
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| The Courvercle hut - 2687m |
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| Tilo, early morning first rock pitch from the glacier |
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| Tilo on the summit, Mont Blanc behind. |
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| Drew and Tilo, picnic on descent |
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| Looking quite wintry high up... after such a warm summer! |
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| Michael on the lower pitches |
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| Modern Times is an Ed Grindley route,: It was partly bolted by his UK and Chamonix guide friends after Ed's untimely death due to illness. The guide book suggest taking some friends , slings nad a few nuts and 50 meter ropes |
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| Looking back up the route after our climb, there are three routes which climb separate line up this nice rock face which gives pleasant rock climbing up to around French grade 5 plus. Its great for intermediate climbers. |
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| Fresh snow and cooler temperatures. |
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| climbing with Michael yesterday on the Arete des Cosmiques |
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| Barbarine must be one of the coolest village around here! |
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| The Ecole de Barbarine has some great climbs up to three pitches of varying grades |
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| Michael enjoying the good friction climbing |
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| And later in the day we went to Vallorcine but did get caught in a some light rain showers |
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| The Mont Blanc range dominated the view |
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| Morning light on the col |
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| Michael on the summit |
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| Busy day assessing IRATA level 1 and Level 3 candidates at Talon Edinburgh |
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| Candidates performed well, great training too. All passed, well done guys! |
