Mont Blanc Climbing HD (July 12nd, 2012)
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Mont Blanc Climbing taken with Go Pro HD Hero 2 (July 12nd, 2012). This video was filmed on 12nd July 2012, day of the tragedy when 9 alpinists were killed by an avalanche on Mont-Blanc (Mont Maudit). Thanks to our guide who had the brilliant idea to delay of 1 hour our departure that day. Definitively, his decision allowed us to avoid the avalanche and save our lives.
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How cold was it?
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I hope i'll climb it on my birthday next year :)
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I was on mt blanc (normal gouter route) few weeks ago and did it mostly alone. Guide is good, yes BUT if you hire one then you should really take some a bit more challenging route. MT blanc is just walking after all. Tete rousse - Gouter part is a bit more dangerous thought, especially during night when you lose the way multiple times. (if you wonder why during night, it's because you can't set up tent @ gouter anymore so for the ppl who like sleeping in tent it's a bit more physically demanding
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Sorry to ask, but ss it really on july 12th? I was on the way to the summit of Mont Blanc via the Cosmique Route on Thursday the 11th but was not able to continue further then mont blanc du tacul due to the avalanche tragedy this day. (thanks to a late start not involved) But we stayed from 11th to 12th in the cosmique hut and there was only cable car going down in the morning (taking all climbers as well hut stuff down) this day due to the bad weather and high winds! Weather wans't as good!!
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Yes, that was the Tacul not Mont-Blanc. Either a silly mistake or they had no idea about the route. Anyway, about using guides. If you wish to hire a guide, then go, but you should have knowledge and training to take the enterprise without one. Anyway, in a month I will try the same route with a couple of friends, hopefully the weather will be our friend.
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This is not the summit of Mont-Blanc but Mont Blanc du Tacul... To get to the Mont Blanc you have to climb both Mont Maudit and Tacul after try to reach the final slopes of Mont Blanc.. this route (three monts( is more technical and dangerous than the normal route (Gouter) which is risky too due to the deadly great couloir.. These mountains are the deadliest in the world because the most visited, so USE A GUIDE!
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Awsome job!
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that' s Mont Blanc du Tacul, the real one is on the background and the avalance was from Mont Maudit, the next mountain after Tacul but quite far from it
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Hopefully I'm going for it this summer :D If there will be a video or not we will see but I'm excited, especially after this video :)
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NICE !
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Cracking video, thanks for posting this. Very well put together. :)
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Brilliant video! Training for it now
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What GoPro mount was used when filming this?
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Isn't that the summit of Mont Blanc du Tacul? Mont blanc itself can been seen in the background. It is the dome shaped summit in the distance behind Mont Maudit. The guide points it out a few times during the video and can also be clearly seen when they summite Mont Blanc du Tacul. Great video and great achievement. Well done.
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Superb video, I wanted to see more of the summit............
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Stunning Video!
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first song please
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WoW... that was excellent !!!
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Stunning video,really enjoyed it!
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This is absolutely fantastic David... I want go but I don't think I am fit enough... Actually I am not fit at all... I can keep on dreaming on... LOL...:-D Great job ... well done... Congrats... Gregoria - GGCphotto... :-)
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