
Chamonix:the pre-climb hangover

Look, a hill

A rusty Pole

Half-cocked

Crevasse rescue training

SAS Al in the snow tent

Must dig...

...a bigger hole

Base camp

Roped up...

...smacked up

...slapped about

...up the hill

Aiguille de Midi and our tents

Mat and Ramon

Blonkers from Mont Blanc de Tacul

Infamous wet toilet paper incident

Japanese tourist in camp

My first snow sculpture and Rich

The ig-loo

Al in ig-loo

Reeboks and Speedos

Ramon in ig-loo

Mad Pole

My first avalanche

Snow training

Dodgy snow anchor

Holiday

More avalanche

Snow...

...baseball ...

... at 3600m

Er. Clouds.

Hours of fun melting snow

Striding

60mph winds again...

...mission aborted again

My sponsor

All of my clothes

Tent hobbit

Snow pirate

Snow muppet

Pro snapper

Rich

Expedition team

Here's Jonny

"Away from the big pointy bit"

Heavy bags

Crazy Pole

Men under bergens

Play...

...misty...

...for me

Grimace

Marines

Ramon

Back at Torino

Where Eagles Dare

Chamonix. Booze.

AK-47. Hosing frenchies

Post wrestle

More wrestling

spent

By dawn they found the campsite

Expedition tattoo