After another day of rest to try to recover from the cold I caught about a week ago and as our vacations in Chamonix reach the end, I wanted to do another alpine climbing route on the Mont-Blanc side. I contacted back the aspirant guide with who I climbed the Rébuffat route at the Aiguille du Midi and we went an climb the Contamine route 6b) dans la Pointe Lachenal.
It is again under a great blue sky of another scorcher that we were climbing in a breathtaking setting. I really liked the Rébuffat Sunday, I loved the Contamine today. Despite excellent conditions there was nobody and we had the entire face for ourselves. A grade higher than the Rébuffat, away from ropeways it also gives a wilder feeling, more homogeneous and engaged, the line of this route is just awesome with a 6b (5.10c) section very nice. But here again it is not the crux move that I found the hardest. It is a kind of chimney in 5b (5.8) which never feels good and a double crack section which caused me the most difficulties.
A great climb, better than the Rébuffat at the Aiguille du Midi which I was presenting 3 days ago as the best climb I had done so far…
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