Le Mont Blanc

Aiguille Aiguille Verte Alpine Alps Arve Arveyron ascended Mont Blanc ascent avalanche Balmat beautiful bivouac Bossons BOURRIT Brenva chamois Chamonix climb climber clouds Col du Géant cold colour companions Contemporary writer couloir crack crevasses danger dark descend dièdre exhausted eyes fatigue feeling feet foot Garratt Skinner Gaston Rebuffat Géant Geneva GEORGES SONNIER Glace glacier Grandes Jorasses Grands Mulets Grépon guides height HORACE-BÉNÉDICT DE SAUSSURE huge Jacques Jacques Balmat ledge light look Mer de Glace metres Mont Blanc Montagne Montenvers morning moun mountain night north face overhang Paccard PERRICHON Pierre pitons precipices ridge rocks rope round route Sallanches Saussure Savoy seemed seen side slab slope snow soon steep steps stones storm suddenly Switzerland thought torrents traveller Vallée Blanche Valley of Chamonix Verte Victor Hugo walking weather Whymper wind winter