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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>Climbing Ice Faces Near the Oberwalder hut (Grossglockner Area)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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The Grossglockner region is one of the premier areas in Austria for climbing ice faces. Though climate change has significantly reduced some of the once mighty ice faces there are still enough possibilities left for ice climbing. A perfect base camp for aspiring ice face climbers is the Oberwalder hut (2973m), located in the huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grossglockner. Stuedl Ridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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The ascent over the South Ridge (Stuedl Ridge) to the summit of the Grossglockner is perhaps the best climb for intermediate mountaineers with more aspirations. It involves continuous climbing over the rocky ridge over about 700 m vertical. Though parts of the ridge involve only scrambling or easy climbing (UIIA II grade) there are some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grossglockner. A Brief Documentation Of the Standard Ascent Route</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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The Grossglockner is one of the most popular „big“ mountain peaks of the entire Eastern Alps. Since the ascent over the standard route is not particular difficult the Grossglockner attracts not only experienced mountaineers but also quite a lot mountain hikers who do not have much mountaineering aspirations but nevertheless want to put their feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grossglockner, Normal Route. An Animated Climb</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To give you a first glimpse of the normal route to the summit of the Grossglockner (via Stuedlhut &#8211; Koednitzkees &#8211; Adlersruhe &#8211; Glocknerleitl) I have created an animated mini video using the amazing tool by animoto.com:

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		<title>Grossglockner. The highest mountain of Austria</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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The Grossglockner (3798m) in the Hohe Tauern (Osttirol, Carinthia, Salzburg) mountain range is not only the highest mountain in Austria, it is also one of the most sought for of all the many high mountains in Austria. Each year, thousands of mountaineers from Austria, Germany, Italy and increasingly from Central and Eastern Europe are aspiring [...]]]></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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		<comments>http://www.randomalpinetrips.com/france/learning-the-ropes-in-chamonix-mont-blanc-du-tacul/#comments</comments>
		<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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