Le Mont Blanc

Aiguille Alps Arve Arveyron ascended Mont Blanc ascent avalanche Balmat beautiful Bossons Bourrit Brenva chamois Chamonix climb climber clouds Col du Géant cold colours companions couloir cracks crevasses crystal danger dark delightful Dent du Géant exhausted eyes fall fatigue feel feet foot Garratt Skinner Gaston Rebuffat Géant Geneva Glace glacier Goûter Grandes Jorasses Grands Mulets guides height HORACE-BÉNÉDICT DE SAUSSURE huge Jacques Jacques Balmat journey ledge light look mass Mer de Glace metres Mont Blanc Mont Blanc seen Montagne Montenvers moun mountains mules night north face overhang Paccard path PERRICHON Pierre pitons precipices ridge rocks rope round route Sallanches Saussure Savoy seemed Servoz side slab slope snow soon steep steps stones storm suddenly Switzerland thought torrent traveller vale Vallée Blanche Valley of Chamonix Victor Hugo walking weather wind winter