Mont-Blanc

I shot this just after our guide had made us turn back toward Tete Rousse. As you can see, the weather really closed in on us: you can hear thunder in the background, and the hail and snow really started coming down hard. This is the moment when I guess we realised we weren't going to be able to summit. I am talking in French, basically explaining the risk of being on top of a mountain with crampons and an ice axe in a storm, and expressing the hope that the weather would improve. It didn't.

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• Mont-Blanc
• Mountain
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