Mont Blanc
After a year of planning, an ascension of a lower summit, and days of waiting for perfect conditions, a group of 20 somethings from Lausanne made a night climb of the highest peak in Western Europe (4807 meters – 15,771 feet), the famous Mont Blanc in France, and there installed a Jacuzzi.
This seems to have been inspired by their engineering spirit, their love of the mountain, and large quantities of beer.
Can you imagine struggling up to the summit, roped to your weathered guide, only to arrive at the top to find a party going on? What a disappointment… And some would say sacrilege. (They do apologize – at the bottom of the site page - to those who thought they were going to have the mountain to themselves that day.) Oh well, sometimes we only like things if they happen to be our own idea.
Click on the picture below to go to their site with all the pictures. It’s worth the trip.
October 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Breathtaking pictures of the mountain!
Ah, youth! This is definitely a story they will pass on to their grandchildren.
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Fascinating … and you gotta love their spirit!
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Youth and insanity often go hand in hand.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Looking for a cold one as we speak. I”m with Greg - you have to love their spirit.
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:54 am
I am soooo disappointed. I was expecting to see you, Brady, in that jacuzzi.
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:04 am
Hilare ! De façon ou d’autre, je ne pense pas que le glissante de pente d’une de ` de limite’ aurait n’importe quelle résonance avec ce groupe.
They even thought of a windscreen. Très intelligent!