The Grand Pilier d'Angle (4,243 m) is a buttress on the southern side of Mont Blanc in the Mont Blanc massif in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The first ascent...
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Walter Bonatti (section Grand Pilier d'Angle)
Blanc Group: the north face of the Grand Pilier d'Angle. Three new routes were opened on the Grand Pilier d'Angle between 1957 and 1963: on the north-east...
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he made the first solo ascent of the Bonatti-Gobbi route on the Grand Pilier d'Angle, descended to the Upper Freney Glacier and then made the second solo...
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Lagarde-Ségogne on the Aiguille du Plan in 1976 and the Bonatti-Zapelli on the Grand Pilier d'Angle in 1978. In 1975, Boivin and Gabarrou made first ascents of the direct...
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ascent begins in the direction of the Refuge de Tête Rousse, crossing the Grand Couloir or Goûter Corridor, considered dangerous because of frequent rockfalls...
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accomplished the first solo ascent of the Bonatti-Gobbi route on the Grand Pilier d'Angle, descended to the Upper Freney Glacier and then made the second solo...
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The Grandes Jorasses (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d ʒɔʁas]; 4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie...
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many of which are over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height, including the Grandes Jorasses, Rochefort Ridge, Dent du Géant, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc and its...
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light and dark dirt bands on the Mer de Glace from the nearby Aiguille des Grands Charmoz and began to consider whether glaciers flowed in a similar fashion...
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Droites Le Génépi Grand Capucin Grand Darray Grand Pilier d'Angle Grande Lui Grande Pointe des Planereuses Grande Rocheuse Grandes Jorasses Mont Blanc...
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car in the world. Chamonix is divided into three separate ski areas (Les Grands Montets, Brévent - Flégère, le domaine de Balme) which run along the valley...
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constant. Workforce: five engineers and 350 workmen worked an estimated grand total of 4.6 million man-hours to complete the project Explosives: 711 tonnes...
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over to Grand St. Bernard Hospice. Day 4: Down to Great St Bernard Pass and over the shoulder of Mont Vélan to the Vélan Hut. Day 5: Up the Grand Combin...
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is the starting point for the Téléphérique du Lognan cable car up to Les Grands Montets (3,295 m, 10,810 ft), a skiing area famous for its steep and demanding...
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Alpinist crossing a large snow field underneath a dangerous hanging serac, Grand Pilier d'Angle....
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La Esfinge, Cordillera Blanca new route, Cruz del Sur (7b) 2002: Grand Pilier d’Angle, Divine Providence to Mont Blanc summit 2003: Cerro Murallón, first...
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massif, including the first solo climb of Divine Providence on the Grand Pilier d'Angle, one of the hardest routes on the massif. On the strength of his...
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The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres (10,960 ft) altitude, this gully has to be traversed on foot to reach the scramble...
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French. The mountain's highest summit is: Grande Aiguille du Dru (or the Grand Dru) 3,754 m Another, slightly lower sub-summit is: Petite Aiguille du Dru...
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forms part of the Peuterey ridge that leads, via the summit of the Grand Pilier d'Angle, to the summit of Mont Blanc. James Eccles, with guides Alphonse...
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rock and immediately afterwards reach the infamous Couloir du Goûter or Grand Couloir. The 100 m-long section is protected by a steel cable, intended...
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Droites Le Génépi Grand Capucin Grand Darray Grand Pilier d'Angle Grande Lui Grande Pointe des Planereuses Grande Rocheuse Grandes Jorasses Mont Blanc...
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