Grenoble and Mont Blanc 17 to 19 October

20161016 214328 Quintessential French three-star hotel: good wifi though! 20161017 131257 copy Buckets of chocolate mousse at the INARCH meeting 20161017 131500 French catering is better than French banking 20161017 214051 Conference "banquet"
20161019 105740 Field trip to l'Aiguille de Midi: view from the bridge 20161019 110110 I had never explored this station 20161019 110731 Cold outside 20161019 111349 Granite spires
20161019 111403 Toward Italy 20161019 111414 People preparing for the Arêt des Cosmiques 20161019 112935 Freezing while telling a story 20161019 113126 The inimitable radio tower
20161019 113658 Looking down Glaciers de Bossens 20161019 113703 Crevasse city 20161019 114154 Arête des Cosmiques 20161019 114222 Workers tied in and rebuilding a deck
20161019 114234 La voie normale to the Vallée Blanche 20161019 114239 Grand Combin and Monte Rosa 20161019 114316 Radio tower 20161019 114322 The facility
20161019 120128 Café at 3800m 20161019 120136 Everyone in thrall to their phone... 20161019 123310 while this lies out the window! 20161019 134829 Coming down the cablecar
20161019 134835 Stunning glacier 20161019 134900 What detail! 20161019 142529 From back in Chamonix