In the Alps Part 2

Climbing Aiguille du Midi

Amazing view of the Alpinists/ Personal Archive

For 20 minutes, we rose to this incredible height and stopped at the top of Aiguille du Midi’s huge terraces. What is the feeling? Well, as funny as it sounds, it is like being tipsy and when you try climbing the stairs, you feel like being drunk, your heart starts beating faster and you can even feel sick for a moment. But this was part of the journey. Naturally, at first I was a little confused. How could I not be? I did not know where to look at because I did not want to miss anything. There were so many things that I had to see and remember - Mont Blanc, all the peaks around, the beautiful Alps, France from such a height, Chamonix and everyone being so excited and so dizzy. The luckiest part was that the weather allowed us to see all of that. This was a once in a lifetime experience that I just prayed for to be perfect. The sun was shining, many people were sunbathing, there were a few clouds below us … the view was perfect!

Mont Blanc

Alpine snow/personal archive

Sunbathing/personal archive

I felt like I almost climbed Mont Blanc being so close, just some 1000 m beneath it. I was taking pictures all over the place, jumping from one side of the terrace to the other and then running through an ice cave to go and see the other side of the Alps as if it would run away. The dizziness did not even bothered me. While all of this excitement was happening in my head, all of a sudden, I saw all these alpinists climbing on the peak in front of me. One after the other, all packed up as I have only seen them in the movies. I did not know if they were aiming for Mont Blanc, I hope they reached it. 

My journey in the Alps was a dream come true!

The Ice Cave/ personal archive