Les Cheserys - voie de l'emhm

We arrived in the Chamonix valley on Wednesday 8th June after a pleasant journey on the ferry from Newcastle to Ijmuiden then a long drive through Holland, Germany and Switerland to reach France. The German autobahns were quite an experience with the fast cars and no speed limit. The van plods along quite happily at 60ish mph so we were definitely a slow vehicle!

Our favourite campsite, Les Arolles, had not opened so we parked up at Le Tour for a few nights retreating every now and then for a night on the campsite at Le Buet when the need for showers became rather important.

The nights were cold, clear and starry and Sunday was a beautiful day so we walked from Le Tour to the slabs at Les Cheserys which are always good for a day's climbing with fantastic views over to Mont Blanc and some entertaining young bouquetins too.

We climbed Voie de l'EMHM, four pitches, 6a, 5a, 3,5c.