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I made an attempt to climb the Matterhorn via the Hornli Ridge with George Kashouh on 2 September 2015. We reached the Solvay Hut at 4,003m but bad weather forced a retreat. With poor weather forecast in Zermatt for the rest of the week I travelled alone to Chamonix, with the promise of a weather window on Mont Blanc (4,810m), the highest mountain in Western Europe. Climbing solo, I left the Tete Rousse refuge (3,200m) at 01:50 am. It was cold and windy high on the mountain with 40mph winds and windchill of -23 C. I reached the summit of of Mont Blanc (4,810m) on 5th September 2015 morning at 07:22. My time to summit and back to refuge was 8h 40m.