| zagi18. 08. 2011 18:37:59 |
In the mountaineering history of Ivanec and our whole region, Friday, 12 August 2011, will remain forever recorded as the day when eight members of the "Mountaineering Club Ivanec" stepped onto the highest peak of the Alps, Mont Blanc 4810m! The adventure started on 10 August in the first minutes, after months of preparations, the team headed through Slovenia and Italy to Chamonix in France. First by cable car, then by cogwheel railway, and loaded with gear for another 2 hours to the mountain hut Tête Rousse, where we overnighted at an altitude of 3167m. At dawn we set off over iced rock and falling rockfall to the Goûter hut at 3817 m as base camp, where at 02.00 hours under wind gusts we headed towards the summit. Despite all difficulties, increasingly strong up to storm wind, extremely low temperature below -20°C, fog, thin air, hidden crevices in the snow, over narrow iced ridges, the whole team proudly reaches the summit at 08.10! Weather conditions barely allowed a 10-minute stay on the summit itself, enough for unforgettable views, for an indescribable feeling of satisfaction, for a boyhood dream, for history! The descent with necessary continuous caution proceeded very quickly along the same path, so that we already at 18.00 hours happily began the celebration in the camp in the valley. Saturday passed in sightseeing Chamonix, the cradle of alpinism and mountaineering in general, so that we arrived happy in Ivanec in the evening hours.
Through this I greet the team from Slovenia whom we met at Aiguille du Goûter, the guys were returning from the Mont Blanc summit, the weather did not serve us as it did them, but persistence paid off. Of course greetings to Maja and Damjana, and see you soon in the Alps.
All other pictures from Mont Blanc you can see http://www.facebook.com/pages/Planinarski-klub-Ivanec/109525402461982#!/media/set/?set=a.153288284752360.39092.109525402461982&type=1
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