@@donghwikim7388 I ignored how cold i was feeling for much too long. Only put on the beanie, waterproof pants and over gloves for the last 20K. Lessons learned 👍

@@chamonixTrails I got cold on the climb after cordona, sapped my energy and lost my pace in the hour it took me to get some food in and get warm.

Next video I will include it 👍

@@chamonixTrails ☺️

You ran amazing, fun to race with you

The trail to the glacier is not an officially marked trail. It is often used however so it should be easy to identify. The starting point is before the official view point marker if I remember correctly. I do have to mention that going on the glacier without a guide is generally not recommended. We followed the large guided group that you see in the video.

​@@chamonixTrails Thank you, I was there a few weeks back with my (rather tenacious) 6-year-old, and we hiked from the bottom using this beautiful forested path instead of the road from Argentiere. I wanted to reach the glacier and I started following this trail down where I saw some youths with ropes (100m or so before the view point, you can see the split in Komoot) but it was going forward almost past the view point so we had to hike up straight up to it through the rocks. I suppose I will try next time.

Roughly 10km between each aid station is pretty standard for these races. I have done races with more distance and vertical gain between stations for sure

@@chamonixTrails And I have done a lot of mountain marathons in Austria and 3 aid stations are very definitely not the standard for that kind of distance. In fact the last race I did in Austria was 23 k and had 3 aid stations..

Pour l'avoir fait il y avait 3 ravitaillements officiel mais du coté Valais nous avons 2 ravitos avec eau et citronnade merci et du côté Français pareils mais pas de citronnade et dans tous un généreux sourire merci à toutes ces gens sympathiques 👍

@@Denis-lp8jd Merci. Je ne les avais même pas remarqués, mais en général, je n'ai pas eu de problème avec le nombre de ravitos

@@chamonixTrails la médaille est quand même pour la citronnade de ces Valaisan sur le mur de leur chalet. ( Vous êtes passé trop vite, vous ferez attention la prochaine fois) 😉

Thanks 👍

Yes 🇳🇱😊

Excellent. We will be braver around the donkeys next time 😅

This route has no ladders as far as I can remember. Maybe a hand hold or foot hold here and there but nothing large or scary that I can remember. Were you taking the VK route below the Planpraz gondola?

Thanks man 👍👍

Thanks for watching

The Bellevue cable car usually only runs until the middle of September. So you could still do this trail but you would have to walk up and down the mountain making it a much longer trip

Thanks 😊

Thanks. Your channel is incredible by the way. Too bad drones are almost completely banned in the Chamonix Valley. So I use a 3m long selfie stick! :)

@@chamonixTrails I didn't know drones were banned there.

@@ervinslens Not fully banned but there is no flying over the town nor inside the natural reserves. Then there is also a large zone around the rescue helicopter base. If you combine all those rules then there is very little flyable area left

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Many thanks

I had to edit out the parts where Ben was crying 😃

It took me 23:30. I was just happy to finish on my first try to be honest

@@chamonixTrailsThank you so much for your response. We are on the way now to Chamonix from Florida. How many hours did it take to finish the race?

@@somkitthompson9559 It took me 7:46 hours. I will be doing it again this year and hope to bring it down a bit :)

@@chamonixTrails thank you so much. Perhaps I will meet you there. We are staying in Alpina Eclectic Hotel. Your finish time is phenomenal, you did an incredible job with last year’s race. Good luck on Sunday, and I wish you them best.⭐️

As far as I know the Plan Joran lift will be open this summer from Mid June and its the gondola you would use to reach the start point for this trail. The Grand Montets lift is still being rebuilt after the fire a few years back

Thanks for your reply. That would be great news! 😊

It was my first time and I am not a super experienced runner to be honest. It helped me greatly to plan out the segments, have a goal time per segment and memorize the nutrition and HR targets for each segment. Breaking it up that way was helpful I felt. For the second half it all went out of the window and it just became about determination. My number one tip would probably to just not give up unless you get an actual injury. Just always think in the low moments "this too shall pass" and then eventually it will.

Nice!