Mer de Glace

The weather stayed bad for a few days and it limited what people could do (in the mountains anyway, the shops and bars were full). When things improved a little people went walking. So Penny, Elaine and I hiked up to the Plan d'Aiguille, walked over to the Mer de Glace glacier and then back down into Chamonix.

This is me in front of the "Sea of Ice"

It seems like it is a popular place or hikers to lunch. So there were loads of Alpine Choughs in the area looking for scraps. They were pretty unafraid of people and would come within a metre or so looking for food.

And when Elaine got up for her camera the opportunistic little buggers made a dive for her lunch!

Back down in the valley there was a nightly gathering of the great and good in the MCI tent to swap beer and war stories. Note the similarities to Whympers engraving of the guides in 19th century Zermat.