Isa Chamonix Diary

A quick morning hit next to the road...

Just after the tunnel in Chatelard. It is actually underneath the road. Just need to walk a 10m passerelle and there we are. It is hard to find a more comfortable spot to gear up!







An amazing 50m pitch but the ice is melting away and the columns are now barely attached to the rock.






The finish involves some interesting bush wacking! Bill is stylishly getting to the belay.



The only way to climb this line is to be extremely delicate using small hooks instead of hammering confidently the axes in. It can get very pumpy as we tend to grip nervously on the axes. Louise experienced having arms looking like Perrier Bottles ....