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Seth Morrison Photo Getting ready for another big line in Chamonix.
It was unlike anything I have ever done.
One day at a time and working our way into it was the routine.
Seth Morrison Photo Scoping the goods.
For the most part, the snow was hardpack.
Seth Morrison Photo Watch out for the rocks.
We did a lot of skiing on and around glaciers.
Each day was filled with some sort of hike/skin or rappel to get to a line.
9000 vert runs loom off the Aiguille Du Midi and even 11,000 vert off the Mont Blanc.
This place is big and real.
Seth Morrison Repeling down to another hairy line.
There are regular ski runs in the valley, but that wasn’t our program.
You made it out alive, and that’s a big enough feat in itself.
