 We're not gonna miss the last gondola. We will make it I think we went too fast. It's tough man. It's tough I'm Lavi and this is Ollie over the past four years we have been on some epic adventures around the world Now after converting an old van into our new home on wheels We are ready to hit the road and explore the wonders of Europe Click the subscribe button to follow our journey and let the adventure begin look Where we camped last night? Right in front of some crazy mountains and These aren't just any crazy mountains. These are the French Alps and that Just hidden by cloud at the very top is Mont Blanc. Good morning world. Welcome to Odyssey This morning we are in the town of Chamonix in France And surrounding us are the beautiful snowy French Alps So we have two amazing adventures for today and the first is right there That is a mountain called Aguil du Midi and it is 3842 meters above sea level and we are going to the very top But we aren't gonna hike No, there's actually a cable car that takes you all the way to the top and from there apparently you have amazing views of Mont Blanc Which is kind of just next to it But another thousand meters even higher than that very impressive at the moment We can actually see that there's a cloud coming in so let's hope the best and after Our ascent of Aguil du Midi We are gonna come halfway back down the mountain and start an amazing hike called the Great North Balcony or the Grand Balcon Nord and the Grand Balcon Nord will take us all the way across the mountain and face-to-face with a glacier over there somewhere So at first we have to walk about half an hour to case to the start of the cable car and from there We're gonna head up the mountain Okay, so there's been a slight change of plan the top cable car station Aguil du Midi is closed today because of high winds and there's kind of a storm coming later and So they're only allowing people up halfway. So we made a new plan. We're here at the Monteverre's train station and We're gonna take a train to Merida glass Where they have apparently ice cave as well This is what we're gonna check out and they have a glacier there and from there You can still walk the Great North Balcony route that we were supposed to walk But you just walk it in reverse and then we're gonna take the cable car back down on the other side Another day another glacier This glacier is called Merida glass which means sea of ice It looks like stones down at the bottom It's quite gray, but it's actually ice underneath and we can just see down there at the bottom the entrance to the ice cave So we have to take a cable car and that's going to take us down to the ice cave Let's go and check it out The glass ice cave So it looks like the cable car doesn't actually take you all the way down to the ice cave We've actually got about 500 steps down here so We have started on the Grand Balcon Nord the Great North Balcony Look at this high above Chamonix the last cable car down from the other side is at 430 and It's two o'clock and they say that this trail takes two and a half hours. So it's like we have to be Exactly on time Otherwise we'll miss it and we have to hike a thousand meters down to the town So we're going to do this Quite fast We're gonna give it our best shot to get there before 430 It's crazy, crazy jobs On Balcon Nord. Okay, we're doing pretty good and Now we're trying a bit of trail running as well. We're about halfway and it's only taken us about 45 minutes So They say that the first half should take about an hour and a quarter if the whole thing is about two and a half hours So we're doing pretty good So I think we don't have to walk down the mountain. I think we're gonna make the cable car So I have a bit to go About three more k's Really, I'm so impressed like you see snowy mountains all around us in a really nice shape And then on the other side you have like this big valley with this cute town and It's so pretty and then on the other side, of course, you have more epic mountains And it's just really mind-blowing this trail is I think so far my favorite trail. It's so cool I mean we have been to the Bosnian Alps and Montenegro Slovenia Austria Switzerland But the French Alps Are pretty crazy and just like in Austria and in Switzerland We can also hear marmots here. You can hear them calling from the hills. They go Like warning their team that evil humans are near But we're not out to get you guys little lovely marmots. We just want to give you a big cuddle Yeah, we can see the cable car It's just up there Couple more k's to go. It's nearly three o'clock So actually We have plenty of time now The weather is starting to come in It's starting to rain a little bit But we're getting closer to the finish so as long as the rain is not too crazy We should be okay Here we're taking a detour from the main trail which goes up that way because we want to see Luck Blur or Blue Lake which sits 800 meters up here So we have the 1k to go and 60 meters up. It's tough man. It's tough There we go There it is Was a worth the climb I don't know I nearly died What a great location for a lake though. Nice And just up there Is where we tried to go this morning Aghwildi Midi. There's the cable car station And with 55 minutes Still until the last one now we can have a small rest before we take the cable car down and just look at the amazing views of Aghwildi Midi and Mont Blanc No, we can't see Mont Blanc. It's in the clouds Still it's incredible incredible views on our way down In the giant cable car. We're back at the car park We're back with red tornado and the sun Is kind of coming out this afternoon. Nice Despite the change of plan it was still a really cool day We're just gonna stay Here exactly where we are tonight with this amazing view for the second night because this place is just too good There's no reason for us to move We are a little bit sad that we couldn't go to the top top, but it's still a brilliant day And I really loved it. So we actually bought the multi-pass Which would have got us all the way to the top and the multi-pass cost us around 50 56 Euro if you order it and pay online but we asked at the train station and They will actually give us a refund for the difference because we couldn't go all the way to the top So in the end to go up on the train on one side and down on the cable car on the other is only about 35 or something euro, which is really really reasonable To get it there and have an amazing hike. Yes, exactly. Yeah, it's worth that Definitely So we're just gonna chill out here for the rest of the afternoon But we really hope that you enjoyed the video if you did Please give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe to the channel. We will see you next time If you enjoyed watching this video, you would help us a lot by subscribing to the channel by clicking here Thanks so much for watching guys. We will see you next time