La Nonne and the Aiguille du Grepon..

I have joined John, Peter and British Guide Mike Pescod (Abacus) for the last few days.

On Saturday we made the ascent to the Couvercle Hut before traversing La Nonne 3340m the following day. The traverse of the main ridge (pictured) gives an interesting itinerary which is in part negotiated "a cheval" at AD.

Following this we made our descent crossing the Mer de Glace, making the steep climb to the Envers Hut. The next day we climbed the 'Mer de Glace Face' of the Aiguille du Grepon (800m D). This great route has fallen out of fashion slightly due to the harder bolt protected lines easy accessible from the hut. For us this meant a classic route all to ourselves, with some good honest burly climbing up wide granite cracks...