tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89410935690629781092011-11-30T09:14:14.983-08:00BlogBlancJChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669524089845182961noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8941093569062978109.post-75467819887957966552011-10-15T08:39:00.000-07:002011-11-30T09:14:14.995-08:00In a Country far, far, away.........So where did this idea spring from and what is it about?<br />Well, it all started last summer while on an adventure holiday in Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland.<br />One of our hikes which started in Lauterbrunnen and progressed all the way up to Kleine Scheidegg (2061m) gave us these almost unreal beauties.....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hxmWuYma1bI/TtZduhFAslI/AAAAAAAAABM/mhycjhPBcYI/s1600/2011-08-11+14.27.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hxmWuYma1bI/TtZduhFAslI/AAAAAAAAABM/mhycjhPBcYI/s320/2011-08-11+14.27.33.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> (Monch & Jungfrau)<br /><br />As we progressed and descended down the valley we then stood, face to (north)Face with...well....I've given it away.....<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zra1d2ZI0n0/TtZemNAzjGI/AAAAAAAAABU/YAT0Jm7AWi8/s1600/2011-08-11+17.38.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zra1d2ZI0n0/TtZemNAzjGI/AAAAAAAAABU/YAT0Jm7AWi8/s320/2011-08-11+17.38.01.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> (North Face of the Eiger)<br /><br />It was at this point that something unhinged inside me.....maybe it was the 5 hours we had already been walking, the heat that was baking down on us, the horror of watching Chris walk like a cowboy due to poor underwear choice.......whatever it was, inside myself I then decided that I wanted to climb this beast!<br /><br />Now I'm not totally insane (some would disagree) so what hatched from this chrysalis was, if you like, is a top trumps of adventure....One of us chooses a silly thing to do and we then have to top it with the next (once completed). The possible idea being to get to the North Face at some point.<br />So on the very same trip, 3 of us decided to "climb" the Schwarzhorn Mountain...the smallest in that area but still a decent 2928m<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--M8rNQPczpU/TtZhj2Y-sYI/AAAAAAAAABc/OzV3iA7V6Ik/s1600/2011-08-09+22.50.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--M8rNQPczpU/TtZhj2Y-sYI/AAAAAAAAABc/OzV3iA7V6Ik/s320/2011-08-09+22.50.03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Which brings us to the creation of blogBlanc<br />On return, and after a flick through my "Ultimate Adventures" book from the Works I picked out Mont Blanc to be our next victim and then somehow managed to talk 4 other friends into doing it as well!!!<br /><br />So this blog will contain information from beginning to end, from kit-list to accommodation, training to toiling.....follow and enjoy<br />JC<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8941093569062978109-7546781988795796655?l=blogblanc.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14669524089845182961noreply@blogger.com0