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mont blanc

the classic view of Mont Blanc and the Dome de Gouter from Chamonix. If you look closely you can see the Vallot Hut catching the sun.

 

The Vallot is an emergency hut, supposedly to be used in extreme cases. However due to the popularity of the summit, many parties stupidly use this as an intermediate stop, the result is that when needed incase of emergency there simply is no room....

 

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Uploaded on May 19, 2008
Taken on November 10, 2007