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The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.George Bernard Shaw
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There is something incredibly satisfying about looking at a map and seeing where you have come from and where you’ve got to, especially if it’s straight over a mountain range.



The alps traverse has this effect taking you from France over into Switzerland. After the event, you can’t believe you’ve walked all that way, up to a refuge, stayed the night, over that glacier, onto the Trient Plateau, over to the Trient refuge, stayed another night, down the Arpette valley and into Champex. And that’s having taken in a 3000m peak - the Aiguille du Tour.

Not bad for a first mountain experience.

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preparation: 3 months
challenge: 3 days
thursday night – sunday night
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use of crampons, ice axe
climbing roped up across glaciers
confident with harness, knots and ropework
mountain awareness
stamina, pace and teamwork
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6 max
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