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After 3 months of crowds in Chamonix it starts to feel quiet again. Me and Swedish friend Linus Kulstad went up to camp on the glaciers below Grand Capucin with the ambition to climb, camp and hang out up there. Pitching our tent in the morning was easy. Endless square metres of flat glacier to pick from. With no track to the tower we did put it in and started to climb some dihedrals for 4 pitches. Traversing over into the Swiss route without hope of summiting. It was cold, we were a little bit late and did’nt whant to do the rapells in the dark since none of us had been here before. The weather was great but cold with a thin cloud covering the sun… after 5 pitches on the swiss route we decided to get back to camp…  A great trip!

Grand Capucin

Linus climbing the 2nd pitch. Photo: J.Halvardsson

Swiss route

Linus trying to keep warm in the dihedrals of the Swiss route. Photo: J.Halvardsson

Camping

Great campsite with Mont Blanc in the background. Photo: J.Halvardsson