Climbing Mont Blanc in Nov 2000

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My girlfriend and I want to climb Mont Blanc in November 2000. 1.What is the weather like 2.Is it a realistic objective for even though vertually all our experience is below the slow line 3.How much will it cost once we get to Chamonix 4.Equipment suggestions 5.Hut availability up the mountain

Any help is much appeciated, alle le blue!

-- james rainbird (james@rainbirdassociates.co.uk), October 12, 2000

Answers

November is not so good. It's getting cold and dark. You have new snow which might not be consolidated. It could be done, but since you don't have prior mountaineering experience, I'd advice waiting at least for a better period, ie summer.

-- Q.-Tuan Luong (luong@ai.sri.com), October 12, 2000.

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