In the week preceding our ascent, a few climbers died trying to climb Mt Blanc. They were taking a rather dangerous route on the Swiss(?) side of the mountain. We went to the French(?) side, from Chamonix, which was a less difficult and dangerous route, though there was one brief section where constantly falling rocks were a significant danger.

The plan was to spend the first day climbing halfway up, to the hut, then sleeping and waking at 2 AM to finish the ascent. The important part was making it down through the rock fall region ... (more)