Gran Paradiso in October

Daniel, Joe and Andrew BEFORE.

Chilling at the Vittorio Emmanuele hut winter rooms

Water boils at a lower temperature at altitude apparently..

Andrew in charge of the soup

Italian coffee for breakfast at 6am

The first rays of sunshine, Ciaforon and Becca di Moncair behind

Looking across at Tresenta (the objective for day 2)

About half way - Mont Blanc behind

Nearing the summit (4061m)

Andrew on the summit ridge

The team on top with the Madonna

Looking back to the summit ridge and the route down

Day 3, gearing up for Tresenta (very strong winds near the top forced a retreat)

Back in the valley. Andrew, Ric and Joe. AFTER