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