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		<title>The Mont Blanc Massif. The Hundred Finest Routes by Gaston Rébuffat (Book Review)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book review of The Mont Blanc Massif. The Hundred Finest Routes by Gaston Rébuffat. This book on the classic routes in the Chamonix-Mont Blanc region is the perfect coffee table book for every mountaineer.]]></description>
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		<title>Map of Alpine Intro Course, Chamonix</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Here is a google map from the Chamonix area including our major training grounds and routes during our alpine introduction course in the Mont Blanc region. All these places are usual used by most guiding bureaus. The ascent to the peak of the Mont Blanc du Tacul is used as first real alpine accomplishment these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Alpine Introduction Course in Chamonix. Some Personal Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s now three years ago that I did my alpine introduction course in Chamonix. I think it was really a great investment. Not only was the course itself a pleasure and an exciting learning experience but it was the experience gained throughout the intro course which payed-off great dividends in all my alpine trips followed.
After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the Ropes in Chamonix: Mont Blanc du Tacul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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The highlight of our alpine introduction course in Chamonix was reserved for the last day: an ascent of the Mont Blanc du Tacul (4248m). The Mont Blanc du Tacul is generally regarded as the easiest 4000er around Chamonix and thus it is usually the first big alpine mountain for many novice alpinists.
However, easy does not equate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the Ropes in Chamonix. Crampon Skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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The last test we had to pass before we were ready to move on to the high mountains involved learning basic crampon skills and ice-axe placements.
The Chamonix valley is famous for its glaciers whose glacier tongues advance almost down to the valley floor.

The usual spot for learning crampon techniques is the Mer de Glace which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the Ropes in Chamonix. Crevasse Rescue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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One day of our course was almost entirely devoted to crevasse rescue on glaciers. Since glaciers are a defining element of high alpine environments knowing how to react in the event of a crevasse accident is a crucial step in every mountaineer&#8217;s career.
Chamonix is an ideal location for learning crevasse rescue techniques. Due to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the Ropes in Chamonix: Rock Climbing Basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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As my alpine refresher course was a one-in-all course we started out by rock climbing at some of the many crags down in the valley floor. In the beginning I was not really very excited about this feature of the course. After all, I thought I&#8217;ve travelled to Chamonix to climb some really big mountains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the Ropes. My Alpine Intro Course in Chamonix</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Three years ago I decided to start again with mountaineering after a long pause. Actually I did never really quit alpinism altogether but reduced my alpine activities to backcountry skiing for more than a decade. However, I soon realised that I would need at least a quick refresher course.
The famous Chamonix in the French Mont [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aiguille du Midi: Tourist Hot Spot in Chamonix</title>
		<link>http://www.randomalpinetrips.com/france/propably-the-mountain-with-the-most-visitors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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The stunning cable car from Chamonix up to the Aiguille du Midi was built as early as 1955. Since then the &#8216;teléphérique&#8217; has been carrying hundreds of thousands of visitors, tourists and mountaineers alike into the high mountain environment.
It is kind of weird. There is a ton of infrastructure (souvenir shop, café, sight-seeing platform and [...]]]></description>
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