Summits of my life. Part I: Mont Blanc from east to west with skis. June 1. 6th, 2. 01. It’s May 1. 6th on the calendar and according to my watch it’s one in the morning. Today we are going to try to complete a route that will take us across the Mont Blanc range from east to west with skis, from Champex to Contamines. ![]() It is the first time it is being attempted. From Contamines, we started out running towards Tr. ![]() One hour later we reached the glacier, and were already with our skis on. At 4: 3. 0 am we reached the peak of D. The prospect of sliding with our skis along the border of the wall to Durier seemed more appealing than crossing the long ridge on foot. St. He descended carefully, digging his ice axe in to ensure every step. Even so we hesitated, what seemed to be a sweet layer of snow was in actual fact a hard ice sheet. We decided to take off our skis and ascend up to the ridge with crampons and the ice axe. These were moments of sweating and nerves as we retraced our steps. When we reached the ridge we descended it trying to make up the lost time. Going down was relatively easy. We had to climb up at some places and took out the rope for a small 1. We finally reached the Duri refuge where we started the most technical part of the crossing. The first part of Bionnassay ridge is easy, until we reached the buttress. There was no trail and advancing was difficult. We looked on the map and saw that the track continues up along the north face. Our film critics on blockbusters, independents and everything in between. Home Contact Terms Privacy. We scrambled up the rock following along various ledges that led us to the north face towards a snow covered dihedral. A 1. 00- metre long ice crack led us up to the summit ridge. We reached Bionnassay. There was a lot of accumulated snow so we had to put on our skis in order to descend to the pass. 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We only stopped for a few moments and started the descent towards Mont Maudit. We went down a small trail of snow using the piolet- ski technique until we reached the fixed ropes that are there in summer and descended to Tacul pass looking for the trail between the S. The Tacul descent was easy. The snow had covered the bergschrund. When we reached Midi Pass we realised how hot it was. We continued sliding down the Vall. We then started breaking trail along Mer de Glace and descended jumping over the large cracks until we reached Salle en Manger where we had to take off our skis in order to cross the large moraine of stones. The heat was unbearable. We didn’t think twice about it. We couldn’t continue, we had to play safe. We would stay overnight at the shelter waiting for the snow to freeze over again and would set off in the morning. When we arrived we could see the last obstacle of the crossing, the Aguille de Argentiere which was there right in front of us. We began opening a track along the ridge from Courtes, with some frozen stretches which we passed with the ice axe. The NNE des Courtes was in fantastic condition with snow all the way along. We went down an impressive 5. The bergschrund was another story. A 4- metre wall and a wide crack below prevented us from going on. I was scared shitless but I jumped anyway. The deep snow balanced me forward with the skis and I began rolling downwards. I stopped just in front of Stephane’s feet and we laughed. We then started the ascent up the Y shaped corridor of Aguille de Argenti. We were happy and just stopped there for a while enjoying the moment. It was a moment of pure happiness. We started walking again between the 2 peaks of Aguille de Argenti. I went up further in, on the West face. Seb and Bastien, who followed St. I turned back to see what they were doing and I realised that there was an enormous cornice. I raised my ski pole and pointed at it to St. Everything happened in millimetres, in tenths of a second. In happiness, in silence, without shouting, without making a noise; but had reached the highest nevertheless, with the elegance and humility that had characterised his life. He fell sweetly like a tree falls. With St. First he was an idol, then a mentor and finally a friend. We had talked several times about the mountains we wanted to climb, the dreams we wanted to attempt. We will continue doing so for you Steph. We have chosen a way of life and a medium, the mountain, where we are aware of the risks, where we know that despite wanting to control all the uncontrollable factors, there are hazards that we cannot see, that do not depend on us. Life is living its passions. Death is the point that assimilates all men, it is a certainty. The mountain takes many things away from us but it can also give us everything if we need it to breathe. 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