Settling down for the coldest night of our lives, -10C and no sleeping bags.

!980's? (judging from the gear)

1991 I think but very much 80's gear (and some older 'handmedown' stuff) on our limited budgets.

Yep you do look pretty cold. Nice shot to look back on when your older.

We managed to finish the route in a day but missed the last gondola by 20 mins. As a result an ‘enjoyable’ night was spent in the Midi station in a room next to the boiler plant. Trying to sleep on top of in coiled ropes with the plant machinery going was impossible although we didn’t have to put up with -10 temps!

Great shot, a reminder to me of many bad bivis - the expression on his face, lying back on the snow with little protection from the cold, gear scattered everywhere. Clearly in for a bad night. Commiserations and hope you were OK the next morning