Climbing Mont Blanc - Chamonix

Watch Will Corder and Trefor Evans climb Mont Blanc. Training on the Mer de Glace and Mt Buet, Chamonix.

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[1Allyc23]

hi,ive never climbed over 1500 meters,and have no winter experience,and am planning to climb mont blanc nx year with a mate,i dont want a guide,so would beginning fit and having abit of sence be enough??please reply

[treforevans]

Feel free to add to Darwin's natural selection, it would be good to remove you from the gene pool

[RosscoF360]

Hi, great video, there is a bunch of us doing a summit course in July which looks the same programme? Was your trip guided by Icicle-mounaineering? If so what are your thoughts on them? maybe you could pm me. Cheers, Ross.

[treforevans]

We used a friend who is a mountain guide but I know the guys at Icicle and they are excellent.

[fayik123]

i am planning a trip to the french alps for mountain biking. WOuld you reccomend mont blanc as a good starting point. Can you ride all the way from the top of the tallest mountain in mont blanc? I would probably carry oxygen as back up. Is mont blanc the best riding in france. I am after downhill and also nice single track. cheap places to stay also. from photos france looks better than whistler as whistler bike park looks too man made.

[treforevans]

Sorry but are you mad?

[FienStudios]

@1Allyc23 4800m on the most dangerous mountain in the world with the most death tolls is not a mountain for people who'd struggle with 1500m, you must be tough enough to break through that mountain before beginning!

[FienStudios]

@shahthegreat1 You should be I know how you feel, what mountain did you climb :)

[shahthegreat1]

i have been above 5280 metres was fuckin hard but feel so proud

[TheSauncer]

@1Allyc23 You appear to be lacking any sense?

[spamstoper3]

Excellent !

[mesimonpayne]

@fayik123 Mont Blanc is a mountain not an area of france and the mountain is the tallest in europe, unless your bike has ski's attatched you are going to have serious problems trying to go anywhere above 4000m as this is snow covered for much of the year. Oxygen is not required in the alps and altitude does not effect most people until around 4000m and does not get dangerous until around 7000m so is not needed. Consider the bavarian alps for mountain biking between Germany and Austria.

[mesimonpayne]

@1Allyc23 as an ML in the UK i would strongly advise against attempts of any alipine climb without winter training. Being fit and having common sence are of course a bonus you will need at minimum ice axes, B2 mountian boots and C2 crampons, as well as ropes harnesses and slings. Although not overly technical mont blanc is snow covered for much of the year being over 4000m and without sufficient outdoor experience in winter mountain conditions it would be dangerous consider starting in scotland

[Cityred29]

Since when did they rename the Aiguille de Gouter?? Goutier - ughh!

[myhumpdfx]

I'm going to climb Mont Blanc this summer!!

Great vid. Oh and by the way, do you know some guides called "dream-guides"? If so send me a message and let me know what you think of them. Thanks soo much, Great vid once more,

Cheeers.

[bigkacker]

@1Allyc23

Hi,

You shouldn't really be going out into the English Lake District in the winter without any winter skills not to mention the Alps.

I would seriously consider hiring a guide at the very minimum and if you do insist on going it along you are taking a massive risk.