The Purity of a Snow Ridge

Firstly thanks to everyone for your good wishes (air trapped in the upper abdomen felt like a heart attack! Tests say it was nothing to do with my heart, phew!) and gifts for the Moon shot yesterday which seems to be floating on the No. 1 Popular Page.

My heart was beating just fine on the way up to the Col des Esserts and we were the only ones there. The ridge from the Col, with its cornices, looked fantastic and you could see the Dents du Midi through the gap. The first extra is especially for Ros and Trevor Earthy who stayed in this snow buried hut in Anzeindaz with me in the summer, see second extra for the contrast.