Mont Blanc Cybercasts: July 2015

Today we departed the Cosmiques hut at 2am and headed up the Mont Blanc. Climbing the Trois Mont Route requires us to climb up Mont Blanc Tacul and Mont Blanc Moduit before reaching the final head wall to gain the Mont Blanc.

We reached the summit around 9am this morning under clear skies and light wind.

We had 4 climbers summit this morning.

We are currently back at the Cosmiques hut enjoying lunch and about to take a nap. Tomorrow we will head back down to Chamonix and have a final group celebration dinner.

Thanks for following our cyber cast

Jonathon

Jonathon Spitzer
IFMGA licensed mountain guide

Hello and greetings from Chamonix France

Today we climbed Aig D’Tour as our last acclimating peak. We are currently back in Chamonix enjoying a hot shower and good meal.

Tomorrow we will start making our summit attempt on Mont Blanc. The forecast currently looks good and we hope it stays the same.

We will be in touch shortly,

Jonathon

Jonathon Spitzer
IFMGA license mountain guide
Alps Program Director
Alpine Ascents International

Hello from Switzerland.

Today we climbed up and over the Le Tour Glacier and safely summited Petite Fourche along the way.

We made it to the Trient Hut just in time for a great lunch at the hut. Some of us got salads, sandwiches while others got a traditional Swiss Rosti meal. Yummy!!!

Tomorrow we hope to climb Aig d Tour on our way back to Chamonix. Everybody is doing well and acclimating good.

Thanks.

Jonathon Spitzer
IFMGA licensed mountain guide

Bonjour from the Albert 1er hut at 2700m.

We just finished a good dinner of chicken wings with a curry sauce along with soup and cake for dessert. Today we had a fun day learning and reviewing skills on the Le Tour glacier.

Tomorrow we are heading over the board to Switzerland climbing some of our acclimating peaks reaching over 3400m along the way and integrating more technical climbing skills.

We came up with a team name today. Our name is Kopi Luwak vrs Starbucks. To understand I would recommend using Google and searching our new name.

Thanks for following and we will be in touch shortly.

Jonathon Spitzer
IFMGA licensed mountain guide

Greetings from Chamonix, France!

Another beautiful day in Chamonix as start our Mont Blanc program. Last nigth we meet for dinner and got to know our group. We have 5 climbers from different parts of the world.

Today we are heading up to the Le Tour valley to start our 3 day aclimating process. We will spend tonigth at the Albert 1er hut at 2700m. This afternoon our plan is to do some skills on the Le Tour glaicer learning and reviews our techincal mountaineering skills.

The forecast is looking good for the next couple days and we are hopeful to get in some summits on our training days.

We’ll be in touch shortly!
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Jonathon Spitzer
IFMGA Certified Mountain Guide
Alps Program Director
Alpine Ascents International

Hello and greetings from Chamonix, France.

We just got back down to town after our summit attempt. Unfortunently, we did not summit on this trip. On July 6th we made it to 4400m and turned around due to high winds and poor visibility. We tried again on July 7th but the winds continue to stay increadibly high for us to reach the summit.

All of our climbers had a great time on there recent adventure to the alps and plan to return in the future.

Tonight we will be having a group dinner and saying farewell after making new friends.

Jonathon Spitzer
IFMGA Certified Mountain Guide
Alps Program Director
Alpine Ascents International

Hello and greetings from Chamonix France

We are back in town after finishing the 3 days. We had a great 3 days including summiting both Petite Fourche and Aig d Tour.

The weather forecast looks good and we will head up towards the Mont Blanc tomorrow and hope to make a summit attempt on Monday.

For now we are enjoying a shower and good food in town. And of course celebrating the 4th of July!

Jonathon Spitzer
IFMGA licensed mountain guide

Hello and greetings from Chamonix, France.

Today started the first day of the Alps season. We had a good dinner last night as a team and got to know each other. This morning we did a gear check and grabbed some last minute items in town before heading up into the mountains

We hiked up to the Albert 1er hut at 2712m above the Le Tour glacier. We had amazing weather and great views of the whole Mont Blanc Massif. This afternoon we went out onto the glacier and learned some technical skills.

Getting ready to sit down and enjoy a nice meal at the hut. Then off to bed as tomorrow we will have an early start as we make our way up some acclamation peaks and over to the Trient hut in Switzerland.

Will be in touch shortly

Ciao,

Jonathon Spitzer
IFMGA licensed mountain guide