La Jonction

Another great Alpine hike: climbed up from a bus stop in Chamonix as a group of eight, with our rough destination being La Jonction, the meeting place of the two great behemoths Glacier des Bossons and Glacier de Taconnez. Knowing we had to be back at the bus stop by 6:25 to make it home for dinner, most of the group turned around about 3:30. Three of us decided to miss dinner if necessary, climbing awhile longer to reach La Jonction. Standing next to a pair of glaciers, staring up at the snowy peaks and down into the crevasses, gives a person a special sense of awe. Dominik, in a superhuman feat, finished the afternoon by descending all the way back to the trailhead (with Kyle and me struggling to keep up) in 1:40. We made bus and collapsed! A fine day's walk.