Alps 2001 photographs

Here's the pictures from my July 2001 trip to Saas Grund in Switzerland and Chamonix. Photographs of: Egginer, Laginhorn, Weismies, Alallinhorn, Dri Horlini, Mer de Glace, and crag climbing in Chamonix: Les Gaillands, La Joux and Vallorcine. Most of these were taken by Clive as he used slide film in a compact camera, I used a disposable camera.  Needless to say, his turned out a lot better than mine. We learn by our mistakes.

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Erol, Mark and Leggy setting off for the Egginer (behind)

Team Egginer (Erol, Me, Mark, Leggy) a few days later, note the fresh snow has now gone

Egginer SSW ridge, it looks intimidating from the bottom

Egginer SSW ridge, not so steep when you're on it

Erol, part way up Lagginhorn WSW ridge

Erol on Lagginhorn summit complete with altitude sickness.  He's smiling 'cos its his first 4000 m peak.

Mark, Erol and me on the summit of the Lagginhorn

Clive and Mark on the Lagginhorn summit.  As usual they were later than us.

Mark relaxing at the Hosaas Hut.  Guess who's the guide book is?

Sunset over the Dom

Mark and me at Hosaas Hut, normal route up Weissmies in background

Laginhorn from Hosaas

Dawn on the Dom

Me and Erol setting off up the Weissmies

Getting there.  Me and Erol with Weissmies summit in sight

Laginhorn from Weissmies

Simon and Clive on Weissmies summit

Clive and Erol on Weissmies summit.  Yet again Erol finds a hole to stand in when he has his picture taken next to someone taller.

Erol and Simon on Weissmies summit.  Laginhorn and Fletschorn in background

Erol on Weissmies summit.  Weishorn in distance.

Above the clouds on Weissmeis summit

Me looking like I'm about to recite Shakespear.  Fletschorn in background

Yet another Weissmies summit picture - well it was a good day.  Erol with Fletschorn in background.

Me and Erol going down through the serac barrier on the Weissmies - we didn't hang around here!

Fletschorn and Laginhorn from Saas Fee

The boyz.

Leggy doing his Rab C Nesbit impression

Britannia Hut.  Alalinhorn ENE (Holaubgrat) ridge in background

Col below the rock step on the Alalinhorn ENE ridge

Looking down the ridge from the rock step.

Mark on Alalinhorn summit

Mark on Alalinhorn summit

Clive on Alalinhorn summit

Mark on Alalinhorn

Mark still on Alalinhorn.  Rimfshorn in background

Pleasant walk in to the Almagella hut

There's a hotel on the way so stop off and have a coffee

Almagella hut.  Dri Horlini in background

Erol on Dri Horlini traverse

Mark on Dri Horlini traverse

Dri Horlini traverse

Abseil station on Dri Horlini traverse

Mark coming up the slabs at end of Dri Horlini traverse

Simon climbing at La Joux in Chamonix - who needs rockshoes?

Simon at La Joux

Chad, Leggy, Erol.  Mere de Glace and Grande Jorrasses in background

Ice bouldering on the Mere de Glace

Mark on Mere de Glace

Erol at Vallorcine near Chamonix

Me and Erol having a late lunch.  Valorcine crag in background

Clive at Les Gaillands, Chamonix.  Mont Blanc and Bossons glacier in background

Clive, Les Gaillands

Erol, Les Gaillands

Chamonix aguilles

Chamonix aguilles

Simon approaching an overhang at Les Gaillands

Erol on something hard, Les Gaillands

The same day, Dan on Aguille de Tour under heavy fresh snow. Picture by Chad