21st July, Voie Frison-Roche -TD

Lena leading the second pitch - surely not supposed to be having this much fun !

Chamonix down in the valley

One of the steeper pitches

The steepest 6a pitch

What shall I do? Jam, thrutch, layback, face climb lol (it turned out to be a layback).

The last pitch (5c). Awesome climbing on perfect rock. This was easily the best pitch of the climb. Even the people in the telepherique had a good time with their perfect viewing opportunity - we were in full view of everybody !!!

It was difficult to know what to do this week really. It has been hot for several weeks, and there has been a great deal of snow and ice melt, so lots of ice routes just aren't there, and a great deal of normal snow is just missing! On top of that the melt has been releasing a great deal of rock, and the rockfalls have been enormous, scary, and to be heard from miles away! - Sometimes blocks as big as houses being released. I had our eyes on the Frendo Spur before I came out, but this was definitely out of the question, the approach was deadly! So, what to do? We decided to keep to rock routes, or the safest of snow/ice routes... So today we got onto the recommended Voie Frison- Roche on the Brevent. It turned out to be awesome sport climbing at an ammenable grade (up to 6a). This was a good chance to flex our sport muscles and look across at the Mont Blanc Massif and dream of other routes. There was a great platform to have a rest before the last / best pitch !