Mont Blanc

Snagged from the Telegraph…

A helicopter searching the slopes of Mont-Blanc has been unable to trace the climbers - five Austrian and three Swiss – who were swept away by the avalanche at 3am on Sunday on western Europe’s highest peak.

The climbers were scaling the Mont-Blanc du Tacul - one of the peaks in the range - in perfect weather conditions, but were suddenly subjected to what one mountain guide described as “a scene from the apocalypse”

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Since I have taken a lot of photos, I’m going to be spending the next few days picking out the best and displaying them here.

To begin, here are photos from my cable car trip up the Aiguille Du Midi

The lower viewing platform

The summit of the Aiguille Du Midi

Hanging Icicles

Looking down towards Chamonix

The Aiguille Du Midi cablecar station

Vertigo