In July 2020, just after graduating from our MBA program, our rock climbing venture team 'MAPO TAPO' decided to celebrate our INSEAD Venture Competition victory by summiting Europe's tallest peak - Mont Blanc. We chose the Italian route for Mont Blanc starting in Courmayer (less crowded, more scenic but also more technical and challenging compared to the French route).
On day 1 we walked from 1900m to 3000m to the Gonella mountain hut for about 4 hours. Reached there around lunch time, relaxed, had early dinner and slept from 8pm to midnight.
Had breakfast at midnight and we started the ascent at 12:45am. We were roped up in groups of 3, wearing helmets, crampons and with ice axes. We had to cross several technical parts - rock patches, exposed narrow ridges on snow and cross many crevices.
After 6km and 1800m of continuous ascent through snow, we summitted at 6:15am. The views were beautiful from the top, the sun had just risen and we saw so many mountains all around (and all below us). We saw a triangular shadow of Mont Blanc in a valley below.
It was an exhausting ascent, gained 1800m and and even tougher and tiring descent - 2500m through snow, rock patches and then some normal trails.
Our bodies were completely destroyed but it was an amazing experience!
Our team:
Edoardo Saccaro (Leader and Guide)
Stefano Fontanari
Alessia Fontanari
Daniele Calvo Pollino
Daniele Packard
Anuj Karkare
Shot on a Gopro Hero 7 Black and DJI Mavic Air 2 in 4K
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