Solo Ascent Mont Blanc-Gouter route 2023

Hey Guys :) 2 weeks ago, I went on a new adventure, one goal, summiting mont blanc, it was a two days solo ascent, to make it on the top of the highest peak of western Europe.
If you watch to the end, you’ll see that I turned around almost at the summit because of weather conditions (extreme wind), I still ask myself if I should’ve kept going, maybe nothing would’ve happened, but knowing that I don’t surrender that easily, there was a real chance of being blown away by the wind, so at the end I think it was indeed the right decision. There’s something special about being in the mountains solo, you have to trust yourself to make the right decisions.
It was a good trip to France overall and had a lot of cheese 😃
If you go out there, be ready for the cold and have your climbing stuff ready and don’t go alone 😄
Please subscribe to my channel, it means a lot to me :)
Thank you for watching
Sofie

[@johanneswichary785]

I ve needed 3 atemps to reach the summit ,Solo. You had done it right to return.

[@rocunec]

Well done Sofie, fantastic adventure and good risk management! Next year you'll do it!

[@MyVision099]

Traveling Solo, is really courageous thing to do. 👍

[@stephaneblanc]

Belle vidéo, bravo ! Et surtout bravo pour le demi tour si proche du sommet. Une décision intelligente, qui n'empêche pas de revenir un jour ... vivante 😉

[@raphaelwellig5066]

Hello Sofie I congratulate you on your great performance on Mont Blanc. You've done everything right. It's important to trust your feelings and turn around on the mountain. The mountains are not running away, you will climb back into the special world of the mountains. I wish you good tours. With alpine greetings Raphael Wellig

[@ziahyder]

That's literally an awesome journey to the summit of Mont Blanc. What you have done is a million dollar achievement. Many Congregation to you because, you have made one of your longing dreams come true. And many will be in the near future. Thanks for the opportunity that you give us to be a part of your dream journey. Good luck for the next one.

[@sofiemera]

Thank you appreciate your message 🙏❤️

[@davidsomerville3890]

Well done for your attempt and more so for knowing when to call it a day. Think I was up a week or two after you amazing memories.

[@jean-baptistefontaine8773]

Congratulations what a beautiful movie probably one of the best I've ever seen... very beautiful scenery 👏👍🎥

[@Nadirklayd]

J’ai grave vécu le moment ❤ Merci pour cette belle vidéo

[@MrTIRE94]

Wow, incredible ❤

[@dams.travels]

Amazing video and super impressive achievement!

[@tommmms]

Happy to be your 500th subscriber! :) Exceptional effort and good decision! :))) I know what it feels to be at the very top there alone with 100km/h wind, -20 degrees, snow, ice-hail in your face, total white-out, and 20 hours of straight climbing with extreme exhaustion praying for the dark clouds to stop (I was there just a couple of months ago)

[@sofiemera]

Thank you so much welcome to the channel 🎉 🎉😄 I’m so glad that tou know what it feels, I literally explained to people that and they were like but it looks not windy in your video, I was like it’s because I couldn’t record anything when it was!! (The ice-hail part 😰😅 ) congrats on your ascent! :)

[@GedasSarpis]

Brilliant video and it is always a good idea to turn around! Bosse ridge is scary without wind :)

[@Vladimir.J]

Oh my God. This is incredible

[@shreekantkshirsagar8684]

Hello Sofie, Hats off to your amazing journey and your courage. I did try to climb Mont Blanc in August 2023. I had to turn back from Vallot hut. I know it is very hard to turn back when you have almost done 95% of your ascent. But you have taken a very bold decision. I am also planning to climb next year again 😊 I would like to congratulate you for your achievement. I hope you climb it in your next attempt. All the best💫🥳 Regards Shreekant

[@cloud9inemedia]

Hi Sofie, i was in Chamonix a few weeks ago and loved it. This is such a great film and think you are super brave. next summer i would love to do it with you :)

[@senderismomontana5946]

Nice video, it feels very calm at the end, not the Vallot part and of course the falling rocks at the couloir...👍

[@arturovazquez8740]

Insipring, love it

[@heumann1]

Gute Entscheidung umzukehren, nicht nur der Aufstieg erfordert Mut, sondern auch das umkehren erfordert Mut

[@alanoconnor007]

Well done girl, brilliant effort. Look forward to your summit shots x

[@sofiemera]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@davemacleod9623]

great effort...you will be back...!

[@teguhsugihartono]

Wow, you do Mont Blanc alone ? That is very brave!! 👏👏👏

[@martinbrandl9712]

Usually you cross the couloir early in the morning, then there are less stones coming down 😅

[@marsantowendy3403]

Take care out there

[@lilisantana6274]

You are an extremely brave and smart woman......it has been my dream to climb Mont Blanc but I dont have the nerves to do it without a guide....

[@sofiemera]

Thank you 🙏 It is okay to not want to do it solo, you could also find people and do it with a team rather than a guide

[@neverninetofive]

You’re a badass!

[@giovannimezzalira4594]

Complimenti tutta la mia ammirazione

[@SetForAdventures]

Hi Sofie that was an amazing climb truly inspirational 🏔️🇫🇷👏 It a hard climb with a guide and a rope team to solo (WOW) You made the right call by the way in turning around high winds and extrem low temperatures are not to be taken lightly (you gained an experience you will never forget and a sub 502 🤝from me ) Mont Blanc 🏔️🇫🇷 will be there nxt year Very best regards Simon 🤠👍🏔️

[@sofiemera]

Hey Simon thank you so much 😊 I appreciate your message, I felt bad for few days but then like you said the mountain ll always be there. Welcome to the channel :))

[@karolchroscielewski5933]

You are amazing :) I'm going to take the summit also solo in two days from today but still I would be happy if I even go that far where you was :D maybe in next year we can go together :)

[@sofiemera]

That’s brave 😊 Good luck 🤞 I hope your ascent went well ?

[@nikcezar2445]

good stuff am gonna go in about 1 year im still 18 i wil get moere exp in the winter time this year climing in the mountains around me i live 2h away from theme and i need to get mony 😅😁 solo

[@meherbaba-godinhumanform7926]

🥰🥰❤❤😍😍

[@soberaniaholistica]

good video! What camera did you use to make the video?

[@addgbarar90]

One of the best videos of the route, really appreciate its pace but it could be a little longer. Did you go in a rope team after the gouter or solo solo?

[@sofiemera]

Thank you :)), yes I’ll do it again with a gopro so I can have more footage of the technical sections and it was solo solo :)

[@kepir8266]

love it, nice and clean material, no bla bla, great girl:)

[@GiorgioCanepaMBG]

che sfiga, Comunque Complimenti ! Per aver avuto le palle di voler salire da sola e per avuto le palle di scendere senza arrivare in cima.

[@twolf2041]

Thanks for sharing! Very pleasant to watch! P.s. wise decision to turn back although you‘ve been a few meters below the summit! Greetings from Germany!

[@manuel0rh]

bravissima , palle quadrate!!

[@darylmacvicar6313]

Awesome 💪 .... did you sleep in the old gouter hut ?

[@sofiemera]

No, I just stopped there, to add a layer and kept going to the new gouter hut :)

[@redead_0478]

hi im planing to hike mount blanc next year, anybody with me ?😃

[@DEEREWALKERDISCOVERY]

try to indonesia most volcano mountain & tropical rain forest mountain

[@mohamedyara8031]

🫡🫡🫡

[@lorenzwildlife9726]

you don’t work for just travel?

[@TG-pd3ft]

You need better eye protection. Those cheap beach sunglasses are totally inadequate. Protect your eyes! So important

[@sofiemera]

Totally agree

[@Newstechmobile]

Too bad there are no subtitling so no French translation possible too bad!

[@slurmforfree1754]

Unclean ascent, not by fair means. Using cable cars and rails is poor mountainieering.

[@sofiemera]

Hey 👋 I just took the rails to get to the start of the climb at 2372m, didn’t use cable cars, there are none on this route

[@slurmforfree1754]

@@sofiemera I know, that there are no cable cars to Tete Rousse or Nid d'Aigle. I did Mt. Blanc several times on this route. Using infrastructure in general makes an asscent unclean. What's the problem to start at Les Houches and do a bivouac instead of climbing this mountain like an idiot, sleeping in an expensive, cozy bed at Gouter hut? Afraid of carrying 25kg of equipment in a backpack? Get rid of your selfie stick and try it by fair means.

[@sofiemera]

@@slurmforfree1754 I hiked from les Houches to above nid d’aigle, the day before just for the sport and training, I climbed to the “luxurious hut” with my 20kg backpack, sleeping bag and sleeping pad included, because I didn’t have a reservation and reserved at tête rousse if there was no space at Gouter hut, I actually have 0 selfie from mont blanc, I wish I did though …

[@guydebord812]

Are you serious ? So i guess you are the person who decides what fair means are !! Oh i'm sorry , you just wanted to tell us you did the summit in much harder conditions, congratulation 👍

[@slurmforfree1754]

@@guydebord812 There is a definition of "fair means" 🤡