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Costs Realistically you are talking £2.2K for this trip, most of this is the fee to join the programme, which includes most of the costs between arriving at Mer de Glace campsite on the first morning and leaving a week later.However the programme necessarily changes - mainly due to the weather conditions but also due to the condition of the group - for example we descended after our acclimatisati …

Fitness & TrainingFitnessPreparing for a trip is always difficult, as my job involves a lot of sitting behind a desk its a question of time, motivation and the activity undertaken. I'm not a professional trainer so I can only tell you what I doA few years ago I invested in a cross trainer - one beefy enough that I could use whilst carrying a rucksack, my main traning therefore centres around this. …

Gear ListThis is a list of some of the essential items I took on the trip and what each item weighed. If you would like to see the full gear list you can download it by clicking on the 'Full Gear List' button below.Full Gear ListSleeping Bag Western Mountaineering Apache 6'322gExped Fold Drybag55gSleeping Mat NeoAir All Season Regular568gExped Air Pillow85gBivi Terra Nova Discovery Lite Bivy322 …

Mont Blanc Challenge - FranceMost walkers and trekkers will consider a big alpine trip at some time in their life and for me the Mont Blanc Challenge represented my best option for climbing a serious alpine summit before I'm too old to crawl up there! It also involves a high altitude bivy in a snow cave - which is exactly the experience I like.Being an Alpine novice I needed a nurturing atmosphere …

Photo Gallery Stefan Gatt Glacier Travel Towards the Giants Tooth Rochefort ridge Towards Mt Blanc summit Heading for the summit On the Mont Maudit RidgeCol de Brenva sunset The last push Obligatory summit photoLooking back at the route Mont Maudit Ridge Aguille du Midigear listfitness & trainingcostsstefan's profiletrip reporttrekking guide hub …

Stefan's ProfileBorn on the 8th of July 1970I started extreme climbing at the age of thirteen. Six years later I led my first expedition at the age of nineteen to Bolivia with 19 participants. Since 1993 I have held the certificate as a UIAGM - Mountain- guide.Meanwhile I led more than 15 expeditions to the highest peaks in South-America and Tibet with extraordinary success. The last was on Mt. Ev …

Trip ReportMont Blanc Challenge 2012 with GATT Challenging Experiences.The 'programme' starts at Noon on a Wednesday at the Mer de Glace campsite just outside Chamonix. It wasn't really possible for me to travel on the Wednesday morning and arrive by that time therefore I travelled the day before and stayed in the campsite. Depart Newcastle airport 19/6/12 - 13.15pmArrive Amsterdam 15.35pmDepart …