7 August 1876 by Thomas Middlemore and John Oakley Maund with guides Henri Cordier, Johann Jaun and Andreas Maurer
Easiest route
East ridge (Glacier approach, then rock climb, AD)
Les Droites (4,000 metres (13,123 ft)) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps and is the lowest of the 4000-metre peaks in the Alps. The mountain has two summits:
West summit (3,984 m), first ascent by W. A. B. Coolidge, Christian Almer and Ulrich Almer on 16 July 1876
East summit (4,000 m), first ascent by Thomas Middlemore and John Oakley Maund with Henri Cordier, Johann Jaun and Andreas Maurer on 7 August 1876
The north face of the mountain rises some 1,600 m from the Argentière basin at an average angle of 60°, and is the steepest face on the 10-km-long ridge that stretches from the Aiguille Verte to Mont Dolent. The first route to be made on it was via the central couloir on the north-east flank by Bobi Arsandaux and Jacques Lagarde on 31 July 1930. The north spur was first climbed in 1972 by French alpinist Nicolas Jaeger. The dangers of climbing this face were highlighted on an episode of the Discovery Channel documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive.[2]
^Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic map (1:25,000). The key col is the Col de l'Aiguille Verte (3,796 m).
^Episode Guide: I Shouldn't Be Alive Archived 2011-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, "Death Climb."
LesDroites (4,000 metres (13,123 ft)) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps and is the lowest of the 4000-metre peaks in the Alps...
limit of 46 hours and 30 minutes. Usual start points are Les Houches in the Chamonix valley or Les Contamines in the Montjoie valley (in France), Courmayeur...
droites, les grandes manœuvres ont commencé". Le Monde.fr. 6 October 2018 – via Le Monde. "Dupont-Aignan et Poisson rêvent d'une "union des droites"...
Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016. "LesDroites (north face), Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix". Mindat.org. Hudson Institute...
droite: le GRECE et son histoire. Presses de Sciences Po. ISBN 978-2-7246-0561-7. François, Stéphane (2008). Les néo-paganismes et la Nouvelle droite...
the Glacier de Talèfre, completely surrounded by ice, and due south of LesDroites, lies a large triangular region of steep mountainside containing an unusual...
Kusum Kanguru, Nepal - first ascent of route. 1991 Blanchard-Twight on LesDroites, Mont Blanc Massif, French Alps - hard new route with Mark Twight. 1999...
c'est le blairisme, mais plus à droite encore". Le Nouvel Observateur. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2017. Perrineau, Pascal (2016). "Lesdroites en...
descents, linked up ascents of the north faces of the Aiguille Verte, LesDroites, Les Courtes, and the Grandes Jorasses, flying 15 km (9.3 mi) back to the...
and 19th centuries the glacier descended all the way down to the hamlet of Les Bois, where it was known as Glacier des Bois. At that time the river Arveyron...
with a mountain guide. Mont Blanc View from L'Aguille du Midi View over Les Houches The north face in winter The lower platforms from the summit Cable...
to south: Le Tour 1,462 m (4,797 ft), Montroc, Le Planet, Argentière 1,252 m (4,108 ft), Les Chosalets, Le Lavancher, Les Tines, Les Bois, Les-Praz-de-Chamonix...
the Drus; French, Les Drus) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. It is situated to the east of the village of Les Praz in the Chamonix...
Les Houches (French pronunciation: [le.z‿uʃ]; Arpitan: Les Ouches or Les Oucies) is an alpine commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
administration of Mont Blanc with its neighboring municipality of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in France, and is consequently able to claim the title of highest commune...
Triolet Aiguille Verte La Breya Le Catogne Le Châtelet (Mont Blanc) Dent du Géant Dôme du Goûter Dôme de Rochefort LesDroitesLe Génépi Grand Capucin Grand...
frostbite sustained after becoming trapped for four nights whilst climbing LesDroites in the Mont Blanc massif Evidence is insufficient to determine whether...
Triolet Aiguille Verte La Breya Le Catogne Le Châtelet (Mont Blanc) Dent du Géant Dôme du Goûter Dôme de Rochefort LesDroitesLe Génépi Grand Capucin Grand...
That Rocked The World. Perreau-Saussine, Emile. "Liquider mai 68?", in Lesdroites en France (1789–2008), CNRS Editions, 2008, p. 61–68, PDF Plant, Sadie...
Janine Bourdin, « Les forces adverses », in Renovin & Rémond (dir.), Léon Blum, chef de gouvernement 1936-1937, 1981. René Rémond, Lesdroites en France, Aubier...
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