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I love Chamonix but there again the town must have one of the best backdrops of anywhere I know. When I first went to the Alps in the early 70's we arrived at Chamonix station after dark and after imbibing in the Bar Nationale we went up to the belay campsite. I awoke next morning and the view that greeted me defied belief. The entire Massif with the Aiguille Plan, the Dru, the Midi and across the Bossons Glacier Mont Blanc itself. Many happy memories of times in the Alps both climbing and on Skis
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Lets face it the town of Chamonix is a bit of a hell hole. Over developed and crawling with penniless climbers, skiers and tourists. Yes the mountains are fabulous but Chamonix itself, no way. It's well past its sell by date.
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I must say it was not the town that interested me and yes I was one of those penniless climbers you refer to and latterly a slightly less penniless skier as by then I worked for an Austrian Ski manufacturer
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You'll recognise this then. That's me in the foreground just before giving my paragliding instructor a heart attack when I went crevasse hopping whilst trying to takeoff in thin air. I lived to tell the tale though. He aged 10 years in 10 seconds.
Getting down the arête was interesting to say the least. There were no ropes and it was very slippery with slush on ice. I only had lightweight walking boots, no crampons and a very big rucksack full of paraglider kit.
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That says it all
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